Week 3 Discussion

Please no plagiarism and make sure you are able to access all resource on your own before you bid. Main references come from Van Wormer, K., & Davis, D. R. (2018) and/or American Psychiatric Association. (2013). You need to have scholarly support for any claim of fact or recommendation regarding treatment. APA format also requires headings. Use the prompt each week to guide your heading titles and organize the content of your initial post under the appropriate headings. Remember to use scholarly research from peer-reviewed articles that is current. I have also attached my discussion rubric so you can see how to make full points. Please follow the instructions to get full credit for the discussion. I need this completed by 03/13/19 at 6pm. 

Discussion – Week 3
Until recently, addictions that were not associated with a substance of some kind were viewed very differently from substance addictions. In fact–one could argue that to many professionals in the mental health field, these were not truly “addictions” at all. However, recent research has supported that many of the same processes, including biological and sociological considerations, are present in behavioral addictions just as they are in substance addictions.
The release of the DSM-5 included some very important changes in the way addictions are described. For the first time, the diagnosis “gambling disorder” replaced “pathological gambling” as the former more accurately recognizes the behavior as an addiction rather than a failure of self-control. Further, consideration is now being given to other behaviors which—once the individual loses the ability to effectively control them—can become addictions. These include otherwise “normal” behaviors such as shopping, eating, sex, and social media.
For this Discussion, you should select a behavioral addiction discussed in Chapter 5 of your text. Please go to the Walden Library and locate two journal articles from the last 5 years that are associated with the behavioral addiction you selected. You will use these articles and your text as supporting resources for this Discussion.
Post by Day 4 a brief description of the behavioral addiction you selected, including basic criteria and prevalence of the addiction, as well as cultural influences and considerations. Then, describe one commonly used treatment protocol and one significant treatment challenge for this addiction. Lastly, identify how you could integrate a strength-based perspective in your work with this addiction.
Be sure to support your postings and responses with specific references to the Learning Resources.
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Required Resources

Van      Wormer, K., & Davis, D. R. (2018). Addiction treatment: A      strengths perspective (4th ed.). Boston, MA: Cengage.

Chapter       5, “Gambling, Eating Disorders, Shopping, and Other Behavioral       Addictions” (pp. 191-242)

American      Psychiatric Association. (2013). Diagnostic and statistical manual      of mental disorders (5th ed.). Washington, DC: Author.

“Substance-Related       and Addictive Disorders” (pp. 481, 585–589)

Grant,      J. E., Potenza, M. N., Weinstein, A., & Gorelick, D. A. (2010).      Introduction to behavioral addictions. American Journal of Drug      & Alcohol Abuse, 36(5), 233–241.
     Retrieved from the Walden Library databases.
Hammer,      R. R., Dingel, M. J., Ostergren, J. E., Nowakowski, K. E., & Koenig,      B. A. (2012). The experience of addiction as told by the addicted:      Incorporating biological understandings into self-story. Culture,      Medicine, & Psychiatry, 36(4), 712–734.
     Retrieved from the Walden Library databases.
Polychronopoulos,      G. B., Carlisle, K. L., Carlisle, R. M., & Kirk-Jenkins, A. J. (2014).      The emergence of behavioral addiction in DSM-5. Journal of Human      Services, 34(1), 158–162.
     Retrieved from the Walden Library databases.
Shinebourne,      P. & Smith, J. A. (2009). Alcohol and the self: An interpretive      phenomenological analysis of the experience of addiction and its impact on      the sense of self and identity. Addiction Research and Theory, 17(2),      152–167.
     Retrieved from the Walden Library databases.
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