… In the hope of contributing to this debate, this article reviews the evidence for similarities
between behavioral addictions and substance use disorders, their distinction from obsessive …

… Indeed all of these features tend to define the manner in which drug use manifests itself as
one transitions into an “addictive state.” An important function of this brain region is that it acts …

… a ‘behavioral addiction’. It is currently the only example of behavioral addiction recognized in
… behaviors as ‘internet addiction’, ‘sexual addiction’, ‘compulsive shopping’, and ‘food as an …

… behavioral addictions) and the ‘Single Risk–Impulsivity’ group (defined as high impulsivity
and zero behavioral addictions). … , behavioral addictions, and susceptibility to future drug use, …

… behavioral addictions has grown significantly, particularly in the neurobiology of these disorders,
their relationship to substance addictions… %9iq and other drug use problems nearing 40…

… addictive; and whenever a habit changes into an obligation, it can be considered as an
addiction… differences between drug addiction and behavioral addiction diagnostic symptoms. The …

… quite similar for both substances and behaviors that hijack a person’s pleasure … behavioral
addictions share a number of specific characteristics with the severe forms of substance use …

… addictions, independent of the specific addiction or activities [8]. Griffiths [9] has articulated six
core elements found among individuals experiencing a behavioral addiction… the behavior—…

… People with drug use … that addictions include behaviors, which do not involve the consumption
of exogenous psychoactive substances, has led to the emergence of behavioral addiction …

… surrounding behavioral addictions. As we review the evidence for nonsubstance addictions,
… framework, future research may inform the basic issues surrounding behavioral addictions. …