Behavioral Addictions: Criteria, Evidence, and Treatment

Behavioral Addictions: Criteria, Evidence, and Treatment

Behavioral Addictions: Criteria, Evidence, and Treatment

Behavioral Addictions: Criteria, Evidence, and Treatment by Kenneth Paul Rosenberg MD and Laura Curtiss Feder PsyD

Behavioral Addictions is the first and most authoritative text ever written on the subject of behavioral addictions. This comprehensive work explains the criteria used to determine addiction, the evidence for identifying assorted behaviors as addictions, and the evidence-based treatment for each.

DSM-V broke new ground in May of 2013, designating a new disorder called "behavioral addiction." Clinicians immediately wanted to know: how is a behavioral addiction different from an impulse control disorder? What are the criteria for determining that some behaviors are addictions rather than impulses? What, if anything, does this mean in terms of effective treatment?

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