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2. Compulsive sexual behaviour disorder - Wikipedia

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   Compulsive sexual behaviour disorder (CSBD), [1] is an impulse control disorder.CSBD manifests as a pattern of behavior involving intense preoccupation with sexual fantasies and behaviours that cause significant levels of psychological distress, are inappropriately used to cope with psychological stress, cannot be voluntarily curtailed, and risk or cause harm to oneself or others.

3. Compulsive behavior - Wikipedia

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   Compulsive behavior (or compulsion) is defined as performing an action persistently and repetitively. Compulsive behaviors could be an attempt to make obsessions go away. [3] Compulsive behaviors are a need to reduce apprehension caused by internal feelings a person wants to abstain from or control. [4]

4. Internet addiction disorder - Wikipedia

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   As compulsive gaming on the Internet can be a constituting factor of Internet Addiction Disorder, this model can be seen as applicable. The I-PACE model, which stands for Interaction of Person-Affect-Cognition-Execution model, focuses on the process of predisposing factors and current behaviors leading to compulsive use of the Internet. [7]

5. Behavioral addiction - Wikipedia

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   Behavioral addiction is a treatable condition. [20] Treatment options include psychotherapy and psychopharmacotherapy (i.e., medications) or a combination of both. Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) is the most common form of psychotherapy used in treating behavioral addictions; it focuses on identifying patterns that trigger compulsive behavior and making lifestyle changes to promote ...

6. Addiction psychology - Wikipedia

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   Many functions of the brain work to prevent addictive behaviors. Such obstacles include anxiousness about trying a drug or behavior or nervousness of the possibility of getting caught, etc. [23] Not all use of addictive substances or behavior results in addiction. However, a non-addict may choose to engage in a behavior or ingest a substance ...

7. Obsessive–compulsive spectrum - Wikipedia

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   Some compulsive behaviors observed include mirror checking, ritualized application of makeup to hide the perceived flaw, excessive hair combing or cutting, excessive physician visits and plastic surgery. Body dysmorphic disorder is not gender specific and onset usually occurs in teens and young adults.

8. Addictive behavior - Wikipedia

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   An addictive behavior is a behavior, or a stimulus related to a behavior (e.g., sex or food), that is both rewarding and reinforcing, and is associated with the development of an addiction. There are two main forms of addiction: substance use disorders (including alcohol, tobacco, drugs and cannabis) and behavioral addiction (including sex ...

9. Compulsion - Wikipedia

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   Compulsive behavior, a psychological condition in which a person does a behavior compulsively, having an overwhelming feeling that they must do so. Obsessive–compulsive disorder , a mental disorder characterized by intrusive thoughts that produce anxiety and by repetitive behaviors aimed at reducing that anxiety.