The Addiction Research
Topics
- Substance dependence
- Non-substance addiction
- Psychiatric comorbidity
- Somatic comorbidity
- Women’s / Men’s Health
- Sponsors
Topic: Non-substance addiction
Non-substance related addictions - Compulsive behaviour
Some forms of addiction regard certain behaviours that are not related to substances. Furthermore, males and females tend towards different compulsive behaviours: Men are prone to compulsive gambling and sexual behaviour while women are addicted to shopping. Lately however, compulsive working has become a mass phenomenon for both men and women.