behavioural addiction alomg with gambling is highly prevelent group of disorder with increased risk during this perod of lockdown where people are lonely and anxious.

1. Corona lockdown : Risk of
behavioural addiction
Dr Shashi Bhushan Kr. Gupta

2. Contents
• What are different behavioural addiction
• Why increased risk?
• How to cope up?

3. What are different behavioural
addiction
• Gambling disorder
• Internet gaming disorder
• Internet addiction
• Exercise addiction
• Food addiction
• Compulsive shopping
• Hypersexual disorder

4. Criteria for diagnosis
• Preoccupation
• Needing to wager with larger amounts (i.e., tolerance)
• Repeated unsuccessful attempts to stop or control
• Experiencing withdrawal symptoms
• Wagering to escape from problems or to relieve negative
moods,

5. CONT…..
• Chasing
• Lying to others about one’s behaviour
• Losing relationships or a career or educational opportunity
and
• Relying on others to relieve a desperate financial situation

6. RISK FACTORS
• Coexisting substance disorders
• Coexisting mood disorder like depression
• Adoloscent and youth age
• Lower socioeconomic status
• Impulsivity

7. CONT…..
• Highly competitive personality
• Feeling of loneliness
• Poor social support
• Poor real life achievement

8. How to cope up
Biological regulation:
• Sleep adequately
• Take food regularly
• Maintain your bowel and bladder ( eat healthy
and hydrate your body)

9. CONT…..
• Adequate physical activity
• Develop communication skills ( face to face)
• Social support group ( talk to familiar person)
• Limit use of behaviour through contract or
routine

10. CONT…..
• Ask for expert help ( may consult psychologist or
psychiatrist)
• Don’t delay for help since person themselves can
only diagnose their behavioural problem initially