A video game or internet addiction should be treated in the same way as any other addiction. Gamers and compulsive web users are often trying to escape problems in their lives just as other addicts do, but instead of taking drugs, drinking or engaging in more well known problematic behaviours they ...
An addiction to gambling, or compulsive gambling, is sometimes called a type of "impulse control disorder" where someone has trouble restraining themselves from acting on an inclination or impulse. Gambling becomes a serious addiction when it interferes with a person's normal life, ...
Eating disorder sufferers often exhibit abnormal behavior when eating food. This can take on a wide range of forms from following rigid or bizarre diets, obsessively counting calories on everything, regularly binge eating on junk food or sweets or inducing vomiting after eating. Generally eating ...
A codependent person is essentially addicted to helping people in a way that drastically exceeds the normal care someone would exhibit towards another person. Codependency sufferers need to be needed and often exhibit such strong behaviours that they cause the person they want to help to become ...
Bulimia is a severe form of eating disorder which stems from an abnormal obsession with becoming thin without the ability or inclination to diet and exercise normally. It is normally characterised by periods of binge eating followed by extreme efforts to lose weight. Bulimia sufferers normally fall ...
Anorexia is a severe form of eating disorder which stems from an abnormal obsession with becoming thin. It often begins with normal levels of dieting and exercising but becomes a problem when the sufferer starts obsessing over the need to become thinner and thinner. No matter their real physical ...
Behavioral and process addiction, also called non-chemical addiction, process addiction or non-substance-related addition, usually means that the addict has a compulsion to consistently engage in a harmful or self-destructive action. Examples of behavioral addictions are anorexia, bulimia, ...
Substance-related addiction, or substance related disorder is a disorder of intoxication, dependence, abuse, and substance withdrawal caused by various substances, both legal and illegal. These substances include: alcohol, amphetamines , caffeine, inhalants, nicotine, prescription medications that ...
