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A smartphone-based treatment program using contingency management (digital rewards) has received NIDA funding to help pregnant individuals quit smoking. This behavioral intervention approach is grounded in established addiction treatment research and addresses a critical public health need during pregnancy.
Gaming disorder, recognized by WHO and APA as a behavioral addiction, affects individuals who experience significant daily functioning impairment from excessive gaming. While moderate gaming offers benefits like stress relief and cognitive improvement, addiction is linked to psychological disorders requiring long-term treatment including cognitive behavioral therapy, making prevention efforts at government, developer, and household levels essential.
This review examines the growing problem of excessive screen use and behavioral addiction, noting increased prevalence since the COVID-19 pandemic and difficulty for individuals to disengage from social media and gaming. Evidence-based treatment employs a biopsychosocial approach including therapy, medication, mindfulness, and support groups, with future research needed to strengthen diagnostic criteria and treatment outcomes.
Social media platforms employ design features intentionally engineered to create compulsive use patterns and behavioral addiction. The article explores potential modifications to these platforms that could reduce addictive mechanisms while maintaining functionality.
Cocaine addiction involves lasting biological changes rather than willpower failure, with repeated use rewiring communication between the brain's reward system and hippocampus. The protein DeltaFosB accumulates with drug use and acts as a genetic switch, altering neuronal function and strengthening the drive to seek cocaine.
