HD 210 Study Guide - Final Guide: Neocron, Menarche, Cybersex

• School: University of Alabama
• Department: Human Development and Family Studies
• Course: HD 210
• Professor: Tricia Witte

Document Summary

Behavioral addictions: proposal from several researchers is to consider behavioral addictions with the following subcategories, gambling, sex, spending, work, exercise. Is restless or irritable when attempting to cut down or stop gambling: has made repeated unsuccessful efforts to control, cut back, or stop gambling. Internet gambling, spread of casinos, lotteries: a secretive illness- masters of hiding their activities, no obvious sings of intoxication, they are not where they are supposed to be, miss family commitments, lose time from work, money missing. Money is the delivery system for the gambling addiction (just as a syringe is the delivery system for heroin addiction: the (cid:374)ea(cid:396) (cid:373)iss, the (cid:272)hasi(cid:374)g, the (cid:862)zo(cid:374)e(cid:863, when they lose, but they almost win. Initiation phase- experiences during adolescence/young adulthood is unusually intense. In one report, 72% of patients with hypersexual behavior reported mood disorders, 38% reported anxiety disorders, and 40% reported substance abuse.