7 Common Addictive BehaviorsAddiction, Behavioral Addictions, Sex AddictionBy Promises Behavioral HealthOctober 22, 2019Addictive Behaviors It’s not just substances that can be addictive: there are also addictive behaviors. 12 step support programs can be used for both behaviors and substances, but it’s important for you to identify your addictive behavior first. Here are some common examples of these types of behavior. 1. Gambling Addictions Gambling is one of the…
Why Am I Hooked to My Smartphone? Answers From NeuroscienceBehavioral AddictionsBy Promises Behavioral HealthApril 25, 2016Have you ever wondered why your smartphone is so hard to put down or why you can’t resist reading that incoming text? Why do you suddenly feel vulnerable when you find yourself without your smartphone — a condition described with terms such as “nomophobia” or no-mobile-phone phobia?
Addicted to InformationAddiction, Culture & MediaBy Promises Behavioral HealthSeptember 29, 2015Today’s modern technology addictions include being hooked on Internet surfing, obsessing over social media and being unable to put down the smartphone. At the heart of each of these is one addictive thing: information. If you struggle with spending too much time online, texting, updating your status or other modern tech diversions, you are probably…
Is Internet Addiction a Real Condition?AddictionBy Promises Behavioral HealthAugust 21, 2015Although behavioral addictions have become increasingly accepted as genuine conditions—just like drug or alcohol addictions—in recent years, Internet addiction is still struggling to find widespread acceptance. Does the lack of recognition of the condition in the fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (the DSM-V, commonly called the “bible” of mental…
Is Internet Addiction a Comorbid Disorder?Behavioral AddictionsBy Promises Behavioral HealthDecember 13, 2014Internet addiction is a commonly used term for an unofficially defined form of non-substance-based behavioral addiction that centers on a personally and socially damaging pattern of Internet use. A comorbid disorder is a condition that appears at the same time as one or more additional health problems and contributes to a disproportionate worsening of general…
Intersection of Technology and Addiction Explored at Pepperdine University ConferenceUncategorizedBy Promises Behavioral HealthNovember 4, 2014On November 21, two experts from Promises Behavioral Health – renowned physician and nutrition scientist Pamela Peeke, MD, MPH, FACP, and sexual addiction clinician and tech/sex/relationship author Robert Weiss, LCSW, CSAT-S – will present clinical best practices at a symposium on technology and addiction sponsored by Pepperdine University in Malibu.
Google Glass Claims Its First AddictBehavioral Addictions, FeaturedBy Promises Behavioral HealthNovember 3, 2014The right hand was a dead giveaway. When a 31-year-old man reached for his temple and tapped, he wasn’t just strumming his fingers in deep thought. He was going for his Google Glass. One problem. He wasn’t wearing the high-tech device.
Men With Depression More Likely to Become Internet AddictsMood DisordersBy Promises Behavioral HealthAugust 14, 2014Any psychiatric disorder is challenging enough, but there’s a single disorder that frequently makes the sufferer even more vulnerable to additional psychiatric problems. A new study from the McGill University Department of Psychiatry in Montreal, Canada, has found that people who have suffered from depression are more likely to develop an Internet addiction.
Internet, Gambling Addicts Also Suffer From WithdrawalBehavioral AddictionsBy Promises Behavioral HealthJanuary 7, 2014The idea of a behavioral addiction calls many people’s accepted definition of addiction into question. Addictions are not limited to substances, with gambling addiction, sex addiction and Internet addiction being examples of addictions to specific patterns of behavior. This may be puzzling at first, but the truth is that behavioral addictions are ultimately chemical in…
Science Unsure Whether Internet Gaming Is a Mental DisorderNews and ResearchBy Promises Behavioral HealthDecember 7, 2013Internet gaming disorder is the name of a proposed mental health condition designed to give mental health professionals the ability to diagnose a dysfunctional, addictive pattern of playing video games, especially games played over the Internet. Tentatively, it belongs to a group of disorders known as behavioral addictions or process addictions. The American Psychiatric Association…
