When does a behavior become an addiction? Drs. Danae DiRocco and Chun Tong are joined by Drs. Timothy Fong, MD and Kavita Fischer, MD to explore behavioral addictions, with a focus on gambling, gaming, and problematic digital use. The conversation covers how to recognize warning signs, screen patients, address comorbidities, and provide effective, evidence-based treatment.
This podcast is part of an educational series designed to help clinicians recognize, assess, and treat common behavioral addictions – including gambling, gaming, social media, and compulsive sexual behaviors. More education is needed as the risk of unhealthy behaviors is at people’s fingertips. The time for education is now with gambling disorder shown to carry the highest suicide risk out of any other substance use or addictive disorder.
Learn more here about AAAP’s educational series, Practical Approaches to Addiction Clinical Care.