conclusions it is suggested that for addiction rehabilitation and relapse prevention, health practitioners should not only provide an intervention program to their patients, but they should design a program for families to participate in the treatment as well so that patients can function at a higher level of wellness. therefore, the family participation program should be reinforced as part of ...

Objectives. e This study aimed to explore the relationship between online game addiction and aggression, self-control, and narcissistic personality traits, which are known as the psychological characteristics linked to ‘‘at-risk’’ populations for online game addiction. Method. e A total of 1471 online game users (males 82.7%, females 17.3%, mean age 21.30 4.96) participated in this study and we...

Impulsivity refers to a tendency to act rapidly without full consideration of consequences. The trait is thought to result from the interaction between high arousal responses to potential rewards and poor self-control. Studies have suggested that impulsivity confers vulnerability to both addiction and obesity. However, results in this area are unclear, perhaps due to the high phenotypic complex...

BACKGROUND This was an analytical historical cohort study based on an existing data base study conducted in different areas of Tehran. The present study determined the effect of demographic factors and cigarette smoking status on success rate of addiction treatment in outpatient treatment and rehabilitation clinics for substance abusers. METHODS We accomplished our study in outpatient clinics...

Among behavioral addictions gambling disorder, sex, digital game, exercise, food, shopping and work are similar to substance at many points, including disruption in functionality, tolerance withdrawal, comorbid diseases, genetic background neuronal mechanisms. While neurobiological studies of very recent, research on biochemical, radiologic, treatment related features have revealed strong assoc...

In the work authors provides a statistical analysis of problem, considers possible measures for prevention and correction cyber addictions among younger generation. Proposed: scheme interaction in formation media culture; preventive addiction prophylaxis scheme; number practical recommendations on peculiarities socialization adolescents with cyber-addiction are described; basic principles worki...

Last month, the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommended that all health care professionals be offered first doses of COVID-19 vaccines. Addiction treatment providers are essential staff, they work with individuals at high risk contracting disease, a report from CDC National Institute on Drug Abuse published in Journal American Medical Association last fall found.

The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship of attention deficit/hyperactivity symptoms (ADHS) with severity of Internet addiction risk (SIAR), while controlling the effects of variables such as depression, anxiety, anger, sensation seeking and lack of assertiveness among university students. Cross-sectional online self-report survey was conducted in two universities among a repre...

This study examines (1) the associations between multiple types of child maltreatment and Internet addiction, and (2) the mediating effects of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) on these associations. We collected data from a national proportionately stratified random sample of 6233 fourth-grade students in Taiwan in 2014. We conducted bivariate correlations and sets of multiple regression a...