DSM-5 Includes Gambling Disorder as an Addictive Disorder, Along with Substance

question 79

Multiple Choice

DSM-5 includes gambling disorder as an addictive disorder, along with substance use disorders. This inclusion is:

• A) unique; gambling disorder is the only disorder in the category that doesn't involve a substance.
• B) unusual; gambling disorder joins computer gaming disorder as the second disorder in the category that doesn't involve a substance.
• C) unusual; gambling disorder and computer gaming disorder both were added as non-substance disorders in the category.
• D) common; there presently are seven other disorders in the category that don't involve a substance.

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Definitions:

Electroencephalography

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Cognitive Therapy

Psychotherapy based on the perspective that thoughts intervene between events and emotions, and thus the treatment of emotional disorders requires changing maladaptive patterns of thinking.

Behavior Therapy

A type of psychotherapy that focuses on changing undesirable behaviors through conditioning and reinforcement strategies.