Overview of Common Addictive Behaviors

This textbook is not meant to be an all-inclusive list of behavioral addictions. Instead, this is a resource for the most commonly identified behavioral addictions within the scientific community. Many other addictive behaviors do exist within humanity.  The goal of this textbook is to aid the behavioral counselor, addictions counselor, or therapist in understanding a variety of common addictive behaviors, their treatment options, diagnostic criterion and probability of treatment success.