Renz Center offering free substance abuse assessments in September
“Many times people do not understand the depth of their addiction until they meet with a certified substance abuse counselor,” Renz executive director Jerry Skogmo said in the release. “Counselors are trained to look for stress factors, patterns of …
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Drug Counselors: College students using Adderall as "smart drug"
THIS WEEK THE FD AN A APPROFDA APPROVED ABRAIN SCAN THAT COULD DETERMINE IF A CHILD HAS ADHD. THE STIMULANT WILL BE ADDERALL. IT TERMS OUT MORE AND MORE STUDENTS ARE USING ADDERALL WITHOUT A …
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Addiction Treatment Helpline Opens Its Doors at a New Office in Boston
Employees are dedicated to assisting individuals who are seeking comprehensive information about addiction and substance abuse, treatment programs and rehabilitation centers. The primary goal of the helpline is to be the most reliable source of …
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Top Addiction Treatment Center Looking for Skilled Therapists
Have the heart and the skills to help addicts in desperate need? If so, come work at Cliffside. Cliffside is an elite residential Malibu drug treatment center located in Southern California, currently seeking 3 full time licensed mental health …
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Townsend Opens Houma Treatment Center
Townsend, a network of outpatient addiction treatment centers and the fastest growing company in Louisiana, announces the grand opening of our new Houma treatment center. The clinic is centrally located on West Tunnel in Houma. “We are excited to bring …
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US Attorney's Office Indicts Burke Co. Drug and Alcohol Treatment Center, Its …
ASHEVILLE, NC—A Burke County drug and alcohol treatment center, its owner, and two of its employees have been indicted on False Claims Act conspiracy and bribery charges, announced Anne M. Tompkins, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North …
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Rehab Facility Where SJC's Jason Redmer Died to Be Shut Down
According to the newspaper, Ramsey reached a settlement last month with the California Department of Alcohol and Drug Programs (ADP) to close the facility. As part of the settlement, Ramsey will never again be able to operate a substance abuse …
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Question by Michael Brian: What addictions does the APA recognize as actual addiction disorders?
I know technically anything can be an “addiction” but I’m trying to find a list that the APA has put out that lists the actual addictions someone can be diagnosed with.

Best answer:

Answer by Peachy Perfect
Depends on what you count as an addiction. The DSM-IV (current edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders) doesn’t have a definition for the word “addiction” and doesn’t use it.

As far as what *you* might classify as an “addiction”, you can be diagnosed with either Substance Abuse or Substance Dependence, depending on the severity of the addiction. This involves either the dependence on or abuse of substances, like alcohol, heroin, caffeine –yes, I said caffeine–, cocaine, nicotine, etc.

As far as other “addictions” to non-substances go, the ones found under the “Impulse Control Disorders” category include:
– Pathological Gambling (people addicted to gambling)
– Kleptomania (people addicted to stealing)
– Pyromania (people addicted to setting fires)
– Trichotillomania (people addicted to pulling their hair out — yes, I’m serious)

There are lots of other disorders, including but definitely not limited to pedophilia and hypochondriasis, which you might consider addictions (pedophilia being when you are “addicted” to sexual endeavors with children, hypochondriasis being when you are “addicted” to being sick), but I don’t really count those under the “addictions” category, personally.

However, in the DSM-5, which is set to come out in May 2013, they are going to add a ton more disorders involving addictions under the category “Substance Use and Addictive Disorders”. But mostly the only change that will be made is specifying the type of substance that one is abusing, dependent on, and/or suffering withdrawals from. For example, instead of being diagnosed with plain “Substance Abuse” with alcohol listed as a side note, an alcoholic would be diagnosed with “Alcohol Use Disorder”, “Alcohol Intoxication”, and/or “Alcohol Withdrawal”.

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Woman goes from drug addict to aspiring drug counselor
INDEPENDENCE, Mo. – In her apartment, sitting at a donated desk, Robyn Potter toils over her least favorite subject: math, but she knows she has to study to pass the G.E.D. and go onto college. Robyn's a long way from when we first met her 25-years-old …
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Addiction counselors in demand
According to the U.S. Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics, the number of jobs in the field of substance abuse and behavioral disorder counseling nationally is expected to increase by 27 percent between 2010 to 2020. There are more than 100 …
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Fairport district hires new substance abuse prevention coordinator
Steblen comes to Fairport with 17 years experience counseling teens in school environments. Most recently she was a substance abuse prevention specialist for Delphi Drug and Alcohol Council working with students in Wayne County and Monroe County …
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