Introduction to Behavioral Addictions
The American Journal of Drug and Alcohol AbusePublished 21 June 2010Open access
Jon E. Grant, Marc N. Potenza, Aviv Weinstein, David A. Gorelick
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Growing evidence suggests that behavioral addictions resemble substance addictions in many domains, including natural history, phenomenology, tolerance, comorbidity, overlapping genetic contribution, neurobiological mechanisms, and response to treatment, supporting the DSM-V Task Force proposed new category of Addiction and Related Disorders encompassing both substance use disorders and non-substance addictions.
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Proper categorization of behavioral addictions or impulse control disorders has substantial implications for the development of improved prevention and treatment strategies.
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Gender-related differences in clinical features and co-occurring disorders suggest that prevention and treatment strategies incorporate gender considerations, and Kleptomania is similarly associated with significant impairment in women and men.
PubMed[Antiepileptic drugs in the control of the impulses disorders].
12 Citations2010Carlos Roncero, Amanda Rodríguez‐Urrutia +2 more
The literature regarding the treatment of these disorders with mood stabilizers, (lithium, carbamazepine, valproate, phenitoin, oxcarbacepin, topiramate, lamotrigin, leviteracetam) is reviewed and those studies on which the current knowledge and evidence are based are described.
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