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About: Addiction medicine is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 1070 publications have been published within this topic receiving 23685 citations.


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TL;DR: A systematic review of the existing measures for sexual addiction found that people who were categorized as having a compulsive, impulsive, addictive sexual disorder or a hypersexual disorder reported having obsessive thoughts and behaviors as well as sexual fantasies.
Abstract: Sexual addiction, which is also known as hypersexual disorder, has largely been ignored by psychiatrists, even though the condition causes serious psychosocial problems for many people. A lack of empirical evidence on sexual addiction is the result of the disease's complete absence from versions of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders. However, people who were categorized as having a compulsive, impulsive, addictive sexual disorder or a hypersexual disorder reported having obsessive thoughts and behaviors as well as sexual fantasies. Existing prevalence rates of sexual addiction-related disorders range from 3% to 6%. Sexual addiction/hypersexual disorder is used as an umbrella construct to encompass various types of problematic behaviors, including excessive masturbation, cybersex, pornography use, sexual behavior with consenting adults, telephone sex, strip club visitation, and other behaviors. The adverse consequences of sexual addiction are similar to the consequences of other addictive disorders. Addictive, somatic and psychiatric disorders coexist with sexual addiction. In recent years, research on sexual addiction has proliferated, and screening instruments have increasingly been developed to diagnose or quantify sexual addiction disorders. In our systematic review of the existing measures, 22 questionnaires were identified. As with other behavioral addictions, the appropriate treatment of sexual addiction should combine pharmacological and psychological approaches. Psychiatric and somatic comorbidities that frequently occur with sexual addiction should be integrated into the therapeutic process. Group-based treatments should also be attempted.

161 citations

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TL;DR: It is argued that the BDMA is not supported by animal and neuroimaging evidence to the extent its advocates suggest; it has not helped to deliver more effective treatments for addiction; and its effect on public policies toward drugs and people with addiction has been modest.

160 citations

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TL;DR: In the chronic pain patient taking long-term opioids, physical dependence and tolerance should be expected, but the maladaptive behavior changes associated with addiction are not expected, so it is the presence of these behaviors in the Chronic pain patient that is far more important in diagnosing addiction.

148 citations

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TL;DR: Beyond illustrating the political and material conditions necessary for the rise of addiction neuroscience, the article highlights the productivity of neurobiological thought styles, by focusing on the new biological objects, treatments and hopes that have emerged within the field of addiction studies over the last several decades.
Abstract: This article critically interrogates contemporary forms of addiction medicine that are portrayed by policy-makers as providing a "rational" or politically neutral approach to dealing with drug use and related social problems. In particular, it examines the historical origins of the biological facts that are today understood to provide a foundation for contemporary understandings of addiction as a "disease of the brain." Drawing upon classic and contemporary work on "styles of thought," it documents how, in the period between the mid-1960s and the mid 1970s, such facts emerged in relation to new neurobiological styles of explaining and managing social problems associated with drug abuse, and an alliance between a relatively marginal group of researchers and American policy-makers who were launching the "War on Drugs." Beyond illustrating the political and material conditions necessary for the rise of addiction neuroscience, the article highlights the productivity of neurobiological thought styles, by focusing on the new biological objects, treatments and hopes that have emerged within the field of addiction studies over the last several decades.

143 citations

Book
01 Jan 2009
TL;DR: The Anatomy of Addiction From Neurobiology to Treatment: Progress Against Addiction Progress against Addiction Understanding "Behavioral Addictions:" Insights from Research.
Abstract: SECTION 1 Basic Science and Core Concepts Drug Addiction: The Neurobiology of Behavior Gone Awry The Epidemiology of Substance Use Disorders The Anatomy of Addiction From Neurobiology to Treatment: Progress Against Addiction Understanding "Behavioral Addictions:" Insights from Research SECTION 2 Pharmacology Pharmacokinetic and Pharmacodynamic Principles The Pharmacology of Alcohol The Pharmacology of Nonalcohol Sedative Hypnotics The Pharmacology of Long-Acting as Contrasted with Short-Acting Opioids The Pharmacology of Cocaine, Amphetamines, and Other Stimulants The Pharmacology of Caffeine The Pharmacology of Nicotine and Tobacco The Pharmacology of Cannabinoids The Pharmacology of Classical Hallucinogens and Related Designer Drugs The Pharmacology of Dissociatives The Pharmacology of Inhalants The Pharmacology of Anabolic Androgenic Steroids SECTION 3 Diagnosis, Assessment and Early Intervention Screening and Brief Intervention Laboratory Diagnosis Assessment Environmental Approaches to Prevention SECTION 4 Overview of Addiction Treatment Addiction Medicine in America: Its Birth and Early History(1750-1935) with a Modern Postscript Treatment of Heavy Drinking and Alcohol Use Disorders Integrating Evidence-Based Components into a Functional Continuum of Addiction Care SECTION 5 Special Issues in Addiction Medicine Nonmedical Use of Prescription Medications Special Issues in Treatment: Women SECTION 6 Management of Intoxication and Withdrawal Management of Intoxication and Withdrawal: General Principles Management of Alcohol Intoxication and Withdrawal SECTION 7 Pharmacologic Interventions Medications for Use in Alcohol Rehabilitation Management of Sedative-Hypnotic Intoxication and Withdrawal SECTION 8 Behavioral Interventions Enhancing Motivation to Change Group Therapies SECTION 9 Mutual Help, Twelve Step, and Other Recovery Programs Twelve Step Programs in Recovery Recent Research into Twelve Step Programs SECTION 10 Medical Disorders and Complications of Addiction Medical and Surgical Complications of Addiction Cardiovascular Consequences of Alcohol and Other Drug Use SECTION 11 Co-occurring Addiction and Psychiatric Disorders Substance-Induced Mental Disorders Co-occurring Addiction and Affective Disorders SECTION 12 Pain and Addiction The Neurophysiology of Pain and Interfaces With Addiction Psychological Issues in the Management of Pain SECTION 13 Children and Adolescents Epidemiology of Adolescent Substance Abuse Preventing Substance Abuse among Children and Adolescents SECTION 14 Ethical, Legal, and Liability Issues in Addiction Practice Ethical Issues in Addiction Practice Appendices Appendix 1. ASAM Addiction Terminology Appendix 2. Screening Instruments Appendix 3. Crosswalks of the ASAM Patient Placement Criteria, Second Edition, Revised (ASAM PPC-2R) Appendix 4. Summary of the DSM Diagnostic Criteria Appendix 5. Summary of the ICD-10 Diagnostic Criteria Appendix 6. Federal Schedules of Controlled Drugs Appendices can be found on-line at the Solution site: www.principlesaddmed.com Index

142 citations


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No. of papers in the topic in previous years
YearPapers
202324
202251
202175
202065
201946
201827