Behavioral addictions are incompletely understood with respect to their underlying etiologies. This incomplete understanding may contribute to the frequent relapse and dropout rate often observed with behavioral addictions. ...

The development of an addiction considerably damages physical health, social functioning, and quality of life; however, people with substance use disorders act as if they were unaware of how drug and alcohol use contribute ...

In this research, drug addiction is not synonymous with the dependence on a psychoactive substance, but it is understood as an intense and exclusive relationship in which drug use is also established as a function in mental ...

In this research, drug addiction is not synonymous with the dependence on a psychoactive substance, but it is understood as an intense and exclusive relationship in which drug use is also established as a function in mental ...

Purpose of Review: The main purpose of this narrative review is to provide a brief overview of the current empirical evidence regarding the conceptualization, assessment, and treatment of cyberchondria, with a focus on the ...

Objective: To compare the risk of comorbid sexual addiction in a sample of individuals with a diagnosis of substance dependence, stratifying the sample by drug of choice as well as by mono versus polysubstance addiction. ...

In the last years the rate of obesity is increasing dramatically in many Latin-American countries. For improving the outcome of the treatment, some of the public hospitals and private clinics created obesity units with ...

Aims To describe, in the context of DSM-V, how a focus on addiction and compulsion is emerging in the consideration of pathological gambling (PG). Methods A systematic literature review of evidence for the proposed ...