Titre : | Prevalence of the addictions: a problem of the majority or the minority? (2011) |
Auteurs : | S. SUSSMAN ; N. LISHA ; M. GRIFFITHS |
Type de document : | Article : Périodique |
Dans : | Evaluation and the Health Professions (Vol.34, n°1, 2011) |
Article en page(s) : | 3-56 |
Langues: | Anglais |
Mots-clés : |
Thésaurus mots-clés PREVALENCE ; ADDICTION ; COMORBIDITE ; COMPORTEMENT ; TABAC ; ALCOOL ; POLYCONSOMMATION ; PRODUIT ILLICITE ; COMPORTEMENT ALIMENTAIRE ; JEU PATHOLOGIQUE ; INTERNET ; PATHOLOGIEThésaurus géographique ETATS-UNIS |
Résumé : | An increasing number of research studies over the last three decades suggest that a wide range of substance and process addictions may serve similar functions. The current article considers 11 such potential addictions (tobacco, alcohol, illicit drugs, eating, gambling, Internet, love, sex, exercise, work, and shopping), their prevalence, and co-occurrence, based on a systematic review of the literature. Data from 83 studies (each study n = at least 500 subjects) were presented and supplemented with small-scale data. Depending on which assumptions are made, overall 12-month prevalence of an addiction among U.S. adults varies from 15% to 61%. The authors assert that it is most plausible that 47% of the U.S. adult population suffers from maladaptive signs of an addictive disorder over a 12-month period and that it may be useful to think of addictions as due to problems of lifestyle as well as to person-level factors. |
Domaine : | Addictions sans produit / Addictions without drug ; Plusieurs produits / Several products |
Sous-type de document : | Revue de la littérature / Literature review |
Refs biblio. : | 10 p. |
Affiliation : | Department of Preventive Medicine, University of Southern California, Alhambra, 91803, United States / Etats-Unis |
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