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The addictive process

L J Hatterer

    The Psychiatric Quarterly
    |January 1, 1982
    PubMed
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    Addiction is a process, not a personality type. Understanding the addictive process, including its triggers and stages, is crucial for accurate diagnosis and effective treatment of substance and behavioral addictions.

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    Area of Science:

    • Psychology
    • Psychiatry
    • Addiction Studies

    Background:

    • Traditional approaches often focus on specific addictive agents or behaviors.
    • A comprehensive understanding requires examining the underlying addictive process.
    • Individual vulnerability is influenced by etiological and constitutional factors.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To conceptualize addiction as a dynamic process rather than a fixed personality trait.
    • To identify common psychodynamic factors and triggers within the addictive process.
    • To establish a framework for diagnosing and treating diverse addictions.

    Main Methods:

    • Twenty-five years of naturalistic observation.
    • Individual and group psychoanalytic psychotherapy.

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  • Therapeutic trials involving 133 patients with single and poly substance and behavioral addictions.

    • Main Results:

    • No single "addictive personality" exists; vulnerability varies among individuals.
    • The addictive process involves identifiable inter/intrapersonal psychodynamics.
    • Common mechanisms initiate and perpetuate addictive behaviors, which have distinct life histories and stages.

    Conclusions:

    • Accurate diagnosis and effective treatment necessitate understanding the broader addictive process.
    • Recognizing individual vulnerabilities, psychodynamics, and process stages is essential.
    • The model accommodates shifts between different addictions and co-occurring addictive behaviors.