BFood addiction^ is an emerging area, and behavioral and biological overlaps have been observed between eating and addictive disorders. Potential misconceptions about applying an addiction framework to problematic eating behavior may inhibit scientific progress. Critiques of Bfood addiction^ that focus on descriptive differences between overeating and illicit drugs are similar to early criticis...

objectives: this study aimed at evaluating the effectiveness of cognitive-behavioral group therapy on craving, symptoms of depression and anxiety among the patients under mmt. methods: in this experimental study, 36 opiate addicts under mmt were selected out of all the patients referring to iranian national center of addiction studies on a judgmental sampling method and were randomly allocated ...

OBJECTIVE This study examined the differences in psychiatric comorbidities and behavioral aspects in accordance with the severity of Internet addiction in male adolescents. METHODS One hundred and twenty-five adolescents from four middle and high schools in Seoul were enrolled in this study. The subjects were divided into non-addict, abuse, and dependence groups according to a diagnostic inte...

Food addiction is the clinical occurrence in which individuals develop physical and psychological dependencies on high fat, high sugar, and highly palatable foods. Past research has demonstrated a number of similarities between food addiction and drug use disorders including the activation of specific brain regions and neurotransmitters, disrupted neuronal circuitry, and behavioral indicators o...

OBJECTIVE Public attitudes about drug addiction and mental illness were compared. METHODS A Web-based national survey (N=709) was conducted to compare attitudes about stigma, discrimination, treatment effectiveness, and policy support in regard to drug addiction and mental illness. RESULTS Respondents held significantly more negative views toward persons with drug addiction. More respondent...

Internet addiction is a phenomenon that continues to grow as our dependence on technology increases. Recent estimates posit that over 175 million people suffer from this negative pathology. Given its widespread stranglehold on users, finding ways to reduce these addictions are of importance. Previous research has found the importance of emotional states in affecting addiction behaviors. Drawing...

Continuous exposure to nicotine causes behavioral choice to be modified by dopamine to become rigid, resulting in addiction. In this work, a computational model for nicotine addiction is proposed and the proposed model captures the effect of continuous nicotine exposure in becoming addict through reinforcement learning. The computational model is composed of three subsystems each corresponding ...

BACKGROUND The aim of the study was to investigate the relationship of self-esteem and depression with Internet addiction in university students. METHODS The present descriptive-analytic correlation study involved 408 students (150 female and 258 male) who had been selected by means of a cluster sampling method from among all the students studying in Birjand Islamic Azad University. Students ...