Behavioral Addictions. Where to Draw the Lines?

Psychiatric Clinics of North America

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 279-296

  Fong, Timothy W ^a   Reid, Rory C ^b   Parhami, Iman ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavioral addictions; Compulsive shopping; Hypersexual disorder; Pathological gambling

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCYSTEINE; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; MOOD STABILIZER; NALTREXONE; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; OPIATE ANTAGONIST; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; TOPIRAMATE;

ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; COGNITIVE RESTRUCTURING; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COMORBIDITY; COMPULSIVE SHOPPING; DSM-IV; HUMAN; MARITAL THERAPY; MOOD DISORDER; MOTIVATIONAL INTERVIEWING; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PATHOLOGICAL GAMBLING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHODYNAMICS; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOTHERAPY; REVIEW; SELF HELP; SEXUAL ADDICTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SUBSTANCE ABUSE;

ADULT; AGED; BEHAVIOR, ADDICTIVE; COMPULSIVE BEHAVIOR; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; GAMBLING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTIONS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84861468324     PISSN: 0193953X     EISSN: 15583147     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psc.2012.03.001     Document Type: Review

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