Associations Between Food Addiction and Substance-Use Disorders: A Critical Overview of their Overlapping Patterns of Consumption
AbstractPurpose of ReviewResearch on patterns of overconsumption in individuals with food addiction (FA) has focused largely on binge eating. However, compulsive overeating can be varied and dimensional. This review focuses on the similarities between the patterns of consumption in FA and in other clinically established substance-use disorders, such as alcohol and nicotine dependence. It also highlights features that make FA unique to other addiction disorders.Recent FindingsOverall, there is substantial evidence that binge-like overconsumption is a characteristic of various substance-use and eating disorders. Likewise, it...
Source: Current Addiction Reports - October 18, 2022 Category: Addiction Source Type: research
Dual Use of Combustible Cigarettes and E-cigarettes: a Narrative Review of Current Evidence
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Purpose of ReviewE-cigarette use (vaping) among adults has increased, and various patterns of concurrent smoking and vaping (i.e., “dual use”) have emerged. Understanding dual use is important for mitigating tobacco-related harm. This narrative review summarizes recent research on dual use, including prevalence and types of dual use, sociodemographic and psychiatric characteristics, nicotine dependence, reasons for dual use , harm perceptions, toxicant exposure, trajectories of dual use, and emerging treatments for dual use.Recent FindingsNearly half of e-cigarette users concurrently use cigarettes, and man...
Source: Current Addiction Reports - October 17, 2022 Category: Addiction Source Type: research
Rumination Across Internet Use Disorders (IUDs): a Systematic Review
Abstract Purpose of ReviewIn this systematic review, we examine the contribution of rumination (a maladaptive coping style of emotion regulation) when accounting for the onset and severity of different internet use disorders (IUDs).Recent FindingsWe retained and analyzed 42 studies that explored the association between rumination and six different IUDs: problematic smartphone use, problematic internet use, problematic social networks use, problematic online gaming, problematic online gambling, and online buying-shopping disorder. Overall, the available results suggest that rumination is positively associated with IUDs an...
Source: Current Addiction Reports - October 8, 2022 Category: Addiction Source Type: research
The Potential of N-acetyl Cysteine in Behavioral Addictions and Related Compulsive and Impulsive Behaviors and Disorders: a Scoping Review
AbstractPurposeof ReviewBehavioral addictions (also termed disorders due to addictive behaviors) contain impulsive and compulsive features and have been shown to involve glutamate dysregulation. N-acetylcysteine (NAC), a well-tolerated cysteine pro-drug and antioxidant, may reduce addictive behaviors by restoring glutamate homeostasis. The current review details and discusses the use of NAC in behavioral addictions and related impulsive and compulsive behaviors, including gambling disorder, problematic use of the internet, problematic video gaming, compulsive sexual behavior, problematic shopping/buying, problematic steali...
Source: Current Addiction Reports - September 29, 2022 Category: Addiction Source Type: research
The Use of Social Networking Sites and Its Impact on Adolescents ’ Emotional Well-Being: a Scoping Review
AbstractPurpose of ReviewThe rapid development of social networking sites (SNSs) has affected adolescents ’ well-being with great impact on social experience. In this scoping review, we aimed to map out what is known from the most recent literature about adolescents’ emotional well-being and the role of emotional regulation skills in preventing problematic SNS use. We used the Arksey and O’Malley methodological framework, and we based the study selection procedure on the PRISMA process. Then, we selected 52 English and peer-reviewed papers from PubMed, MEDLINE, PsycARTICLES, PsycINFO, Psychology and Behavioral Scienc...
Source: Current Addiction Reports - September 28, 2022 Category: Addiction Source Type: research
Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment Model Based on ICD-11 Criteria of Gaming Disorder and Hazardous Gaming During the COVID-19 Pandemic
AbstractPurpose of ReviewThis commentary aimed to propose the screening, brief intervention, and referral to treatment (SBIRT) model for gaming disorder (GD) and hazardous gaming (HG) on the basis of the International Classification of Disease, 11th version (ICD-11) classification.Recent FindingsCOVID-19 and its preventive measures increase the risk of GD and the treatment needs could exceed the capacities of mental health systems. Brief intervention could be provided for adolescents with HG after screening. Psychiatrists make diagnoses of GD or HG and then refer them to school counselors, specialized psychologists, or int...
Source: Current Addiction Reports - September 26, 2022 Category: Addiction Source Type: research
Examining Associations Between Negative Affect and Substance Use in Treatment-Seeking Samples: a Review of Studies Using Intensive Longitudinal Methods
AbstractPurpose of ReviewUnderstanding dynamic relationships between negative affect and substance use disorder (SUD) outcomes, including craving, may help inform adaptive and personalized interventions. Recent studies using intensive longitudinal methods were reviewed to examine relationships between negative affect and the outcomes of either craving or substance use during and following SUD treatment.Recent FindingsResults on associations between negative affect and craving/substance use were mixed and difficult to synthesize, given methodological differences across studies. The strength and direction of these relationsh...
Source: Current Addiction Reports - September 23, 2022 Category: Addiction Source Type: research
Association of Cyberbullying and Internet Use Disorder
AbstractPurpose of ReviewThe purpose of this review is to critically assess the published studies on the relationship between cyberbullying and internet use disorder (IUD), and propose directions for further study.Recent FindingsThere were only four prospective studies out of thirty-two reviewed studies conducted since 2004, with only one prospective study conducted during the past 5 years. The field of study has been stagnant during the past 5 years with the vast majority of studies conducted on primary or secondary education and failing to address cyberbullying and IUD in social media and online gaming.SummaryCyberbul...
Source: Current Addiction Reports - September 19, 2022 Category: Addiction Source Type: research
Estimation of Behavioral Addiction Prevalence During COVID-19 Pandemic: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis
AbstractPurpose of ReviewThe COVID-19 pandemic changed people ’s lifestyles and such changed lifestyles included the potential of increasing addictive behaviors. The present systematic review and meta-analysis aimed to estimate the prevalence of different behavioral addictions (i.e., internet addiction, smartphone addiction, gaming addiction, social media ad diction, food addiction, exercise addiction, gambling addiction, and shopping addiction) both overall and separately.Recent FindingsFour databases (PubMed,Scopus, ISI Web of Knowledge, andProQuest) were searched. Peer-reviewed papers published in English between Dece...
Source: Current Addiction Reports - September 12, 2022 Category: Addiction Source Type: research
Potential Influences of the Darknet on Illicit Drug Diffusion
AbstractPurpose of ReviewDarknet-hosted drug markets ( ‘cryptomarkets’) are an established model of illicit drug distribution which makes use of specialised online hosting and payment systems to link buyers and sellers remotely. Cryptomarkets appear to professionalise, gentrify and integrate drug markets. Therefore, they can be hypothesised to have effects on drug availability by allowing purchases by people who use drugs (PWUD) outside of face-to-face networks that have typified drug distribution. They may attract new buyers and may change use patterns by offering a greater range of higher-potency drugs. This paper ex...
Source: Current Addiction Reports - September 10, 2022 Category: Addiction Source Type: research
Exposure Therapy for Gambling Disorder: Systematic Review and Meta-analysis
AbstractPurpose of ReviewCognitive behaviour therapy is the gold standard for the treatment of gambling disorder. Obstacles remain regarding its efficacy, namely relapses and difficulty in implementing cognitive restructuring for some clients. Given these observations, behavioural interventions for gambling disorder, such as exposure therapy, which aims to decrease gambling craving, may be effective as a complementary or alternative intervention to cognitive behaviour therapy. This systematic review and meta-analysis aims to explore how exposure therapy for gambling disorder has been studied and to evaluate its efficacy. T...
Source: Current Addiction Reports - September 8, 2022 Category: Addiction Source Type: research
Review: Cannabinoids as Medicinals
AbstractPurpose of reviewThere have been many debates, discussions, and published writings about the therapeutic value of cannabis plant and the hundreds of cannabinoids it contains. Many states and countries have attempted, are attempting, or have already passed bills to allow legal use of cannabinoids, especially cannabidiol (CBD), as medicines to treat a wide range of clinical conditions without having been approved by a regulatory body. Therefore, by using PubMed and Google Scholar databases, we have reviewed published papers during the past 30 years on cannabinoids as medicines and comment on whether there is suffic...
Source: Current Addiction Reports - September 7, 2022 Category: Addiction Source Type: research
Gambling Disorder and Stigma: Opportunities for Treatment and Prevention
AbstractPurpose of ReviewGambling disorder is among the most stigmatized mental health problems. More research is needed to understand the mechanisms that underlie this stigma and the effects of stigma-reduction interventions. This paper reviews extant literature on the stigma of gambling disorder and highlights evidence from this research and the broader mental illness stigma literature to help advance research on the prevention and reduction of gambling-related stigma.Recent FindingThe public stigma of gambling disorder includes stereotypes of affected individuals as “greedy” and “irresponsible,” beliefs that aff...
Source: Current Addiction Reports - September 3, 2022 Category: Addiction Source Type: research
Examination of Individual Differences in Susceptibility to Food Addiction using Alcohol and Addiction Research Domain Criteria (AARDoC): Recent Findings and Directions for the Future
We examined parallels in individual differences that might increase susceptibility to FA and other addictive disorders using the following units of analysis in AARDoC domains: craving, relative reinforcing value of food and attention bias in the incentive salience domain; decisional impulsivity (delay discounting) and inhibitory control (Go-No-Go, Conner ’s Continuous Performance Test, and the flanker task) in the executive function domain; and emotion dysregulation and negative urgency in the negative emotionality domain.Recent FindingsThere are a number of parallels between FA and other addictions in the incentive sali...
Source: Current Addiction Reports - August 30, 2022 Category: Addiction Source Type: research
A Commentary on the Progress Towards Recognizing Food Addiction as a Psychological Diagnosis
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Source: Current Addiction Reports - August 25, 2022 Category: Addiction Source Type: research
