Natural course of behavioral addictions: A 5-year longitudinal study

BMC Psychiatry

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Thege, Barna Konkolÿ ^a   Woodin, Erica M ^b   Hodgins, David C ^a   Williams, Robert J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Behavioral addiction; Help seeking; Natural course; Prevalence; Prospective design; Sex differences; Spontaneous recovery; Substance abuse comorbidity

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CANADA; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; EXERCISE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPERALIMENTATION; INCOME; LEISURE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; ONLINE CHATTING; PREVALENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SHOPPING; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; SUBSTANCE USE; VIDEO GAMING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BEHAVIOR, ADDICTIVE; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL MEDIA; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; VIDEO GAME;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BEHAVIOR, ADDICTIVE; COMMERCE; COMORBIDITY; EXERCISE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ONTARIO; PREVALENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL MEDIA; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; VIDEO GAMES;

EID: 85047593882     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1471244X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12888-015-0383-3     Document Type: Article

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