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Cynthia A. Power - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Food and Sex Addiction: Helping the Clinician Recognize and Treat the Interaction
Sexual Addiction & Compulsivity, 2005Co-Authors: Cynthia A. PowerAbstract:Of the several categories of Process Addiction—gambling, food, Internet, compulsive shopping, addictive athleticism, workaholism, and sex—two pertain directly to the very existence and continuation of human life: food and sex. Yet very little literature can be found on the recognition and treatment of these two vital Processes when they become interactively addictive. This article addresses the need for clinicians to become aware of when food and sex Addiction is interacting in a client's life and the need to have some specific methods with which to treat this co-occurring disorder. Definitions of six forms of eating disorders are given, ten types of sexual Addictions are listed, and techniques for breaking through client denial and increasing client motivation for recovery are provided. Bibliotherapy recommendations and Internet resources are identified to additionally assist the clinician in treating the food and sex co-addicted client.
Jeffrey Kirk - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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The Internet Process Addiction Test: Screening for Addictions to Processes Facilitated by the Internet
Systems Research and Behavioral Science, 2015Co-Authors: Jason C. Northrup, Coady Lapierre, Jeffrey KirkAbstract:The Internet Process Addiction Test (IPAT) was created to screen for potential addictive behaviors that could be facilitated by the internet. The IPAT was created with the mindset that the term “Internet Addiction” is structurally problematic, as the Internet is simply the medium that one uses to access various addictive Processes. The role of the internet in facilitating Addictions, however, cannot be minimized. A new screening tool that effectively directed researchers and clinicians to the specific Processes facilitated by the internet would therefore be useful. This study shows that the Internet Process Addiction Test (IPAT) demonstrates good validity and reliability. Four addictive Processes were effectively screened for with the IPAT: Online video game playing, online social networking, online sexual activity, and web surfing. Implications for further research and limitations of the study are discussed.
Jason C. Northrup - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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The Internet Process Addiction Test: Screening for Addictions to Processes Facilitated by the Internet
Systems Research and Behavioral Science, 2015Co-Authors: Jason C. Northrup, Coady Lapierre, Jeffrey KirkAbstract:The Internet Process Addiction Test (IPAT) was created to screen for potential addictive behaviors that could be facilitated by the internet. The IPAT was created with the mindset that the term “Internet Addiction” is structurally problematic, as the Internet is simply the medium that one uses to access various addictive Processes. The role of the internet in facilitating Addictions, however, cannot be minimized. A new screening tool that effectively directed researchers and clinicians to the specific Processes facilitated by the internet would therefore be useful. This study shows that the Internet Process Addiction Test (IPAT) demonstrates good validity and reliability. Four addictive Processes were effectively screened for with the IPAT: Online video game playing, online social networking, online sexual activity, and web surfing. Implications for further research and limitations of the study are discussed.
Mark S. Gold - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Process Addictions in 2012: food, internet and gambling
Neuropsychiatry, 2012Co-Authors: Yi Zhang, Jie Tian, Karen M. Von Deneen, Yijun Liu, Mark S. GoldAbstract:Traditional Addiction studies have focused specifically on the use of chemical substances, while more recent studies have begun to focus on behavioral Processes. Process Addiction is an Addiction to a natural and in many cases essential behavior such as eating and sex. Acquired continued and compulsive overeating is one Process Addiction similar to other activities or behaviors, such as excessive video gaming, pathological gambling, hyper-sexuality or excessive internet use where the addict shows loss of control, an inability to stop or modify the activity, and a range of signs and symptoms that can be as debilitating as those associated with substance abuse or Addiction. Individuals with Process Addiction would meet criteria for Addiction if their substance of abuse was considered a drug. They present characteristics like other addicts, have a chronic and relapsing course and often the Addiction leaves them with loss of health, happiness and a difficulty treating the disease. Gambling has been the least contentious Process Addiction and will appear in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders. Food and sex have been the most difficult for the field to consider as Addictions. However, food may have the clearest, long-standing scientific research behind it. In this review, we provide a summary of the literature on Process (behavior) Addictions and a discussion of food Addiction, as well as pathological gambling and internet Addiction disorder.
Coady Lapierre - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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The Internet Process Addiction Test: Screening for Addictions to Processes Facilitated by the Internet
Systems Research and Behavioral Science, 2015Co-Authors: Jason C. Northrup, Coady Lapierre, Jeffrey KirkAbstract:The Internet Process Addiction Test (IPAT) was created to screen for potential addictive behaviors that could be facilitated by the internet. The IPAT was created with the mindset that the term “Internet Addiction” is structurally problematic, as the Internet is simply the medium that one uses to access various addictive Processes. The role of the internet in facilitating Addictions, however, cannot be minimized. A new screening tool that effectively directed researchers and clinicians to the specific Processes facilitated by the internet would therefore be useful. This study shows that the Internet Process Addiction Test (IPAT) demonstrates good validity and reliability. Four addictive Processes were effectively screened for with the IPAT: Online video game playing, online social networking, online sexual activity, and web surfing. Implications for further research and limitations of the study are discussed.