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Dimensionality of Cognitions in Behavioral Addiction
L S Morris1, V Voon2
1Behavioural and Clinical Neuroscience Institute, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK ; Department of Psychology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.
Current Behavioral Neuroscience Reports
|April 2, 2016
Summary
Cognitive constructs offer a dimensional approach to understanding behavioral addictions like gambling and internet use. This framework helps identify core deficits for improved treatment strategies.
Area of Science:
- Psychiatry and Psychology
- Behavioral Science
Background:
- Cognitive constructs provide a transpathological framework for psychiatric phenotyping.
- Behavioral addictions (gambling, internet, food, sex) share core deficits.
- A dimensional approach enhances understanding of psychiatric disorders.
Approach:
- Reviewing cognitive constructs relevant to behavioral addictions.
- Examining impulsivity, compulsivity, and attention regulation.
- Applying a dimensional lens to psychiatric groups.
Key Points:
- Cognitive constructs facilitate characterization across disparate psychiatric groups.
- Dimensional approach allows operationalization of core deficits in behavioral addictions.
- Impulsivity, compulsivity, and attention regulation are key constructs.
Conclusions:
- Cognitive constructs are crucial for understanding behavioral addictions.
- A dimensional approach aids in identifying and treating core deficits.
- Further research into these constructs can improve addiction treatment outcomes.
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