Behavioral Addictions

About the Book

Behavioral Addictions provides a front row seat onto the late-breaking developments in one of the most rapidly evolving domains of diagnosis. The American Psychiatric Association’s recent recognition of the first-ever behavioral addiction, Gambling Disorder, has brought renewed attention to the broader spectrum of other behavioral compulsions. This book provides a conceptualization of behavioral addictions and a brief overview of the varied forms of addictive behaviors and treatments, including gambling, online gaming, food addiction, pornography addiction, sex addiction, compulsive shopping, Internet addictions, and a variety of impulse control disorders, among others. Developments in the conceptualization, prevention and intervention are addressed, as well, in relation to the rapidly developing field of behavioral addictions.

About the Author

Edwina Rogers has served as a healthcare public policy expert for over 20 years. She has worked for two Presidents and four Senators. Ms.Rogers currently serves as the CEO of the Global Healthspan Policy Institute in Washington, DC. From 2006 until 2011 she served as the Executive Director of the Patient Centered Primary Care Collaborative, a Washington DC trade association responsible for the national Patient Centered Medical Home movement. Edwina also served as the Vice President, Health Policy, for The ERISA Industry Committee (ERIC). ERIC advocates the employee benefits and compensation interests of America’s major employers. Edwina was an Economic Advisor for President Bush at the White House during 2001 and 2002 at the National Economic Council, focusing on health and social security policy. She worked for Senator Lott while he was Majority Leader in 1999 and she handled health policy for Senator Sessions in 2003 and 2004. Ms. Rogers received her BS from the University of Alabama and a JD from Catholic University in Washington DC. She was a Fellow at the Kennedy School at Harvard during 1996. Edwina is frequently published in newspapers and served as a strategist on cable news television. Edwina is married to Greg Neimeyer, Ph.D. a prominent Psychologist and they reside in Bethesda, Maryland.