Impulse Control And Non Substance Addictive Disorders Flashcards
Griffiths 2005
Addictions can include:gambling, sex, exercise, video games and phones
-defined by: salience, mood modification, tolerance, withdrawal, conflict and relapse
Burton et al (2012)
Pyromania definition
- characterised by the impulse to start fires
- deliberately and intentionally start fires
Kleptomania symptom assessment scale
Self report measure
-11 item- self rated scale which measures impulses, thoughts, feelings, and behaviours related to stealing
-point based scale
0-4 is no symptoms
4-5 is frequent and severe symptoms
Biochemical cause
Dopamine
- ‘happy chemical’ is realeased by rewarding stimuli such as engaging in enjoyable behaviours
- for example stealing
Behavioural
Positive reinforcement
-operant conditioning
-the act of winning acts as a positive reinforcer
-schedules of reinforcement
—>don’t receive a reward every time only a few times
Cognitive (Miller, 2010)
Feeling state theory
- underlying thoughts about a behaviour
- how intense positive feelings become linked with specific behaviours such as gambling
- state-dependent memory
Grant et al (2008)
Biochemical
- 284 participants
- either 16 weeks of opiate or nalmefene or 18 weeks of naltrexone or a placebo
- double blind
- measured with Y-BOCS
- 35% or greater reduction in symptoms
- family history
Glover (2011)
Conditioning an unpleasant stimulus or an anxiety producing image is paired with undesirable behaviour in order to change that behaviour
Blaszcynski and Nower (2003)
Imaginable desensitisation
- use of images to help individuals who have specific types of impulse control
- gambling, trichotillomania, kleptomania
Miller (2010)
Impulse control therapy
-not eliminate behaviour, rather establish a normal healthy behaviour in its place
