the behavioral addictions
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Petros Levounis, MD, MA Chair
Department of Psychiatry Rutgers – New Jersey Medical School
Rutgers – New Jersey Medical School Fundamentals of Addiction Medicine Summer Series
Newark, NJ – August 21, 2013
THE BEHAVIORAL ADDICTIONS
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1. Spectrum of Behavioral Addictions 2. Gambling Disorder 3. Gambling Cognitive Distortions 4. Body Dysmorphic Disorder 5. Pharmacological Treatments 6. Conclusions
Outline
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1 Spectrum of
Behavioral Addictions 3
Why did it take us that long?
Impulse Control Disorders, Substance Use Disorders, Somatoform Disorders, and Behavioral Addictions
The tobacco companies, the lawsuits, and organized medical professional organizations.
The DSM-5 4
Essential Features
Failure to resist an impulse, drive, or temptation
to perform an act that is harmful to the person or others.
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Impulsivity vs. Compulsivity
Both show inability to refrain from repetitive behaviors.
Impulsivity is driven by an effort to obtain arousal and gratification.
Compulsivity is driven by an effort to reduce anxiety.
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Dimensional Approach
Adapted from: Hollander E, Clinical Manual of Impulse-Control Disorders, 2006.
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COMPULSIVE END – OCD
Body Dysmorphic Disorder Anorexia Nervosa Depersonalization Disorder Hypochondriasis Tourette’s Syndrome Trichotillomania Autism Binge Eating Compulsive Buying Kleptomania Pathological Gambling Self-Injurious Behaviors Sexual Compulsions Borderline Personality Disorder
IMPULSIVE END – Antisocial PD 8
Gender Differences
MEN Body Dysmorphic
Sexual Compulsion Pyromania Gambling
Internet Addiction
WOMEN Anorexia
Binge Eating Kleptomania
Compulsive Buying Trichotillomania
Liu T, CNS Spectrum, 2007.
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2 Gambling Disorder
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Clinical Presentation
DSM-5 Addiction Criteria, plus “Chases” one’s losses Lies to conceal the extent of her or his gambling Relies on others for money
Phases Winning Phase Loss Phase Desperation Phase Hopelessness Phase
Blanco C, Cohen O, Luján JJ, et al: Pathological gambling and substance use disorders, in Substance Dependence and Co-Occurring Psychiatric Disorders: Best Practices for Diagnosis and Treatment. Edited by Nunes EV, Selzer J, Levounis P, Davies CA. New York, Civic Research Institute, 2010.
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Epidemiology
US Gambling Statistics:
$ 36 billion/year casino revenue (2011 data). 82% of US residents gamble. 1% - 3% meet criteria for PG.
Pathological Gamblers:
$ 40,000 average individual debt. 25 hours/week average time spent.
www.americangaming.org, accessed on February 13, 2013. Dickson-Gillespie L, Rugle L, Rosenthal R, Fong T: Preventing the incidence and harm of gambling problems. J Prim Prev 29:37-55, 2008. Fong TW: The biopsychosocial consequences of pathological gambling. Psychiatry 2(3):22-30, 2005.
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2002-2011 Commercial Casinos US Consumer Spending
www.americangaming.org, accessed on February 13, 2013.
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Screening Tools The Lie/Bet Test
Have you ever felt the need to bet more and more money?
Have you ever had to lie to people important to you about how much you gambled?
.99 sensitivity, .91 specificity.
Johnson EE, Hamer R, Nora RM, et al: The lie/bet questionnaire for screening pathological gamblers. Psychological Reports 80:83-88, 1997.
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3 Gambling
Cognitive Distortions 15
The Shell Game
PRACTICE
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The Shell Game
PLAY
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What would you do?
1. Switch.
2. Stick to my original choice.
3. It doesn’t matter; either way my chance of winning is 50%.
4. You’ve lost me. I have no idea.
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The Shell Game
CARD # 1
CARD # 2
CARD # 3
IF YOU STAY:
IF YOU SWITCH:
King/Chosen Win Lose King Chosen Lose Win King Chosen Lose Win Chosen King Lose Win
King/Chosen Win Lose King Chosen Lose Win
Chosen King Lose Win Chosen King Lose Win
King/Chosen Win Lose
CHANCE OF WINNING: 33% 66%
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Interpretative Biases
Attributing wins to skill, losses to flukes
Wrongly believing that a series of losses increases the chance of subsequent win
The “Sunk-Cost” effect
Near misses
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Near Misses: Of Mice and Men
“Why Mice are Smarter than Men?”
“But I was only one number away from winning the lottery!”
Free dinner on my birthday.
Interpretative Biases
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Superstitious Beliefs
Believing in: good luck objects (like animal parts), behaviors, routines.
Gaboury A, Ladouceur R: Erroneous perceptions and gambling. Journal of Social Behaviors and Personality 4:411-420, 1989.
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Selective Memory
Remembering wins while ignoring losses.
Totaling wins without correcting for amounts lost.
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Telescoping
Temporal: Expecting that naturally occurring—that
is, probabilistically expected—wins will happen sooner rather than later.
Reference: Expecting that naturally occurring—that
is, probabilistically expected—wins will happen to oneself rather than others.
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4 Body Dysmorphic
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1. Preoccupation with one or more perceived defects or flaws that are not observable or appear slight to others.
2. At some point during the course of the disorder, the person has performed repetitive behaviors or mental acts in response to the appearance concerns.
DSM-5 Criteria
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American Psychiatric Association, DSM-5, 2013.
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Specify if: Muscle dysmorphia form of BDD (i.e., the belief that one’s body build is too
small or is insufficiently muscular).
Indicate: Good or fair insight Poor insight Absent insight (i.e., delusional beliefs)
DSM-5 New Specifiers
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American Psychiatric Association, www.DSM5.org, 2012.
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Excessive mirror checking Mirror avoidance Excessive exercising (primarily weight lifting) Camouflage (hats, beards, stuffed pants) Ideas of reference Frank delusions Social isolation (night crawlers) Suicidality The relentless pursuit of dermatological and
surgical treatments
Associated Features
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Skin 73 % Hair 56 % Nose 37 %
The Big Three
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Phillips KA, The Broken Mirror: Understanding and Treating Body Dysmorphic Disorder, 2005.
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Nose Eyes Eyelids Eyebrows Ears Mouth Lips Teeth Jaw Chin Cheeks Head
Genitals Breasts Buttocks Abdomen Arms Hands Feet Legs Hips Shoulders Spine
Larger Body Regions
Overall Body Size
Body Built Muscularity
Affected Body Parts
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Normal concerns about appearance Healthy exercising
Eating Disorders Gender Identity Disorder Major Depressive Episode Social Phobia Trichotillomania
Koro
Differential Diagnosis
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The Feusner Experiments 1
Feusner JD, Arch Gen Psychiatry, 2010.
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The Feusner Experiments 2
Feusner JD, Psychological Medicine, 2011.
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Global v. Local Processing
Feusner JD, Psychological Medicine, 2011.
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Face Recognition Experiments
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Bindemann M, Experimental Psychology, 2007.
Face Recognition in BDD
Jefferies K, J Obsessive Compuls Relat Disord, 2012.
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5 Pharmacological
Treatments 40
Pathological Gambling
Adapted from: Hollander E, Clinical Manual of Impulse-Control Disorders, 2006.
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PG as an Impulsive Disorder
Opioid Antagonists Naltrexone and Nalmefene. Block opioid receptors, decrease
dopamine function, and reduce “Reward Cravings.”
Best with family history of alcoholism.
Grant JE, Kim SW, Hollander E, et al: Predicting treatment response to opiate antagonists and placebo in the treatment of pathological gambling. Psychopharmacol 200:521-527, 2008. Grant JE, Potenza MN: Pathological Gambling: A Clinical Guide to Treatment. Washington, DC, American Psychiatric Publishing, 2004.
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Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors Fluvoxamine, Paroxetine, Escitalopram. Block serotonin reuptake, increase
serotonin function, and reduce “Self-Medication.”
Best with co-occurring depression or anxiety.
Hollander E, Sood E, Pallanti S, et al: Pharmacological treatments of pathological gambling. Journal of Gambling Studies 21:101-110, 2005.
PG as an Compulsive Disorder
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Body Dysmorphic Disorder
Adapted from: Hollander E, Clinical Manual of Impulse-Control Disorders, 2006.
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Delusional (n=27)
Non-Del. (n=37)
Placebo Fluoxetine
BDD-symptom response rates during a 12-week treatment trial with fluoxetine ~80 mg QD.
Fluoxetine helped both delusional and non-delusional subjects; however, no delusional patients responded to placebo.
Fluoxetine for BDD
Phillips KA, Arch Gen Psychiatry, 2002.
6 Conclusions
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1. Behavioral addictions fall within an impulsivity-compulsivity spectrum of illness.
2. Gambling Disorder is now one of the “Substance-Related and Addictive Disorders.”
3. Body Dysmorphic Disorder falls under the DSM-5 “Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders” chapter.
4. Antidepressants have shown efficacy for BDD, but not for Gambling Disorder.
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Thank you
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