Why Can't I Stop?

Reclaiming Your Life from a Behavioral Addiction
Erscheinungsjahr 2016
ISBN: 978-1-4214-1965-7
Verlag: Johns Hopkins University Press

Buch, Englisch, 232 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 408 g

Reihe: A Johns Hopkins Press Health Book

A life-changing book for anyone caught in the whirlpool of a behavioral addiction.

At some point in our lives, we all engage in behaviors that are risky, irrational, or unwise. We might find it exciting and temporarily rewarding to gamble on the lottery or impulsively buy an expensive gadget. But just as substances like alcohol and narcotics have the potential to become addictive, so do certain behaviors. A person addicted to gambling, shopping, the internet, food, or picking at their skin may suffer shame in the shadows while their behavior consumes time and energy and disrupts their life. Some people with behavioral addictions lose their family, job, savings, and home. With a physical basis in the brain, behavioral addictions are serious illnesses—but simply willing yourself to stop is usually not enough.

Why Can't I Stop? is for anyone who has a behavioral addiction, as well as their supportive families and friends. Examining seven of the most common and serious addictions—gambling, sex, stealing, internet use, shopping and buying, hair pulling and skin picking, and food—the authors bring together cutting-edge research to describe behavioral addiction, its causes, and how it can be diagnosed and treated.

Featuring patient stories of behavioral addiction and recovery, as well as information about treatment centers, this compassionate guide will help readers better understand the complicated issues surrounding these addictions and teach family members how to help the addicted person while helping themselves.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Grant, Jon E

Odlaug, Brian L

Chamberlain, Samuel R

Fachgebiete

• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen Medizin, Gesundheit: Sachbuch, Ratgeber
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizinische Fachgebiete Psychiatrie, Sozialpsychiatrie, Suchttherapie
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Psychotherapie / Klinische Psychologie Suchttherapie
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Invalidität, Krankheit und Abhängigkeit: Soziale Aspekte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface
1. Introduction
2. What Does Behavioral Addiction Mean?
3. Gambling
4. Stealing
5. Sex
6. Internet
7. Food
8. Shopping and Buying
9. Hair Pulling and Skin Picking
10. Causes of Behavioral Addictions
11. How Can Family Members and Friends Help?
Resources
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Grant, Jon E
Jon E. Grant, JD, MD, MPH, is a professor of psychiatry at the University of Chicago and the coauthor of Stop Me Because I Can’t Stop Myself: Taking Control of Impulsive Behavior. He is a coauthor of Clinical Guide to Obsessive Compulsive and Related Disorders.

Odlaug, Brian L
Brian L. Odlaug, PhD, MPH, is a visiting researcher in public health at the University of Copenhagen. He is a coauthor of Clinical Guide to Obsessive Compulsive and Related Disorders.

Chamberlain, Samuel R
Samuel R. Chamberlain, MD, PhD, is a clinical lecturer and psychiatrist at the University of Cambridge. He is a coauthor of Clinical Guide to Obsessive Compulsive and Related Disorders.

Jon E. Grant, JD, MD, MPH, is a professor of psychiatry at the University of Chicago and the coauthor of Stop Me Because I Can’t Stop Myself: Taking Control of Impulsive Behavior. Brian L. Odlaug, PhD, MPH, is a visiting researcher in public health at the University of Copenhagen. Samuel R. Chamberlain, MD, PhD, is a clinical lecturer and psychiatrist at the University of Cambridge. Drs. Grant, Odlaug, and Chamberlain are the authors of Clinical Guide to Obsessive Compulsive and Related Disorders.