Some of the ASAM symptoms of behavioral addiction can potentially be defined as an RRBI in clinical practice.

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Again, there is currently not enough data to establish that pathological Internet overuse should be diagnosed as a behavioral addiction, like, for example, a gambling addiction.

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They insist the devices address both the nicotine addiction and the behavioral aspects of smoking without the more than 4, 000 chemicals found in cigarettes.

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"It puts doctors in the uncomfortable position of playing private eye, " said Dr. Lance Longo, medical director of Addiction Psychiatry at Aurora Behavioral Health Services in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

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Linda and and Mark Sobell have also developed programs of behavior change that use a combination cognitive-behavioral approach, and are aimed at people battling addiction, but also those trying to instill more general positive changes in their lives.

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