those behaviours might have similarities that can be exploited.
I am highly suspicious of calling a variety of behaviors “addiction” as it implies both the lack of responsibility on the part of the subject and the justification of imposing external rules/constraints on him.
I don’t know of any successful attempts to treat obesity as if it were a true-addiction kind of disorder. One of the problems is that the classic approach to treating addiction is to isolate the addict from the addictive substance. Hard to do that with food and hard to avoid yummy stuff outside of a clinic.
I don’t know of any successful attempts to treat obesity as if it were a true-addiction kind of disorder.
What does this mean? That some people need bariatric surgeries to limit their eating is a pretty clear indicator they can’t control their eating. The kind of isolation rehab you’re talking about is an extreme measure even when treating drug addictions, and comprises a marginal proportion of addiction treatment.
Think nicotine replacement and varenicline for tobacco addiction or naltrexone and disulfiram for alcoholism and we’ll start to be on the same page. Note that I’m not implying these are hugely successful either. All addictions are difficult to treat.
Also certain addiction vocabulary and self awareness techniques like identifying triggers could be relevant for treating compulsive behaviour.
I am highly suspicious of calling a variety of behaviors “addiction” as it implies both the lack of responsibility on the part of the subject and the justification of imposing external rules/constraints on him.
I don’t know of any successful attempts to treat obesity as if it were a true-addiction kind of disorder. One of the problems is that the classic approach to treating addiction is to isolate the addict from the addictive substance. Hard to do that with food and hard to avoid yummy stuff outside of a clinic.
Taboo responsibility.
What does this mean? That some people need bariatric surgeries to limit their eating is a pretty clear indicator they can’t control their eating. The kind of isolation rehab you’re talking about is an extreme measure even when treating drug addictions, and comprises a marginal proportion of addiction treatment.
Think nicotine replacement and varenicline for tobacco addiction or naltrexone and disulfiram for alcoholism and we’ll start to be on the same page. Note that I’m not implying these are hugely successful either. All addictions are difficult to treat.
Also certain addiction vocabulary and self awareness techniques like identifying triggers could be relevant for treating compulsive behaviour.