Sentences with phrase «with addictive behaviour»

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In a follow - on project to be conducted in collaboration with MedUni Vienna's Institute of Pharmacology and Center for Addiction Research and Science (AddRess) and, in particular, with drug and dopamine expert Harald Sitte, amongst others, the objective is now to find out whether, and, if so, how, activation of DeltaFosB can be prevented and how this highly promising starting point can be used to treat the onset of addictive behaviour.

With each mutation, the researchers tested its tendency to bind to dopamine, a learning and reward chemical in the brain involved in sex and addictive behaviours.

Crucially, their use is most common among young people with other forms of hazardous behaviour, such as binge drinking, suggesting that they are simply being added to the portfolio of dangerous or addictive substances that these often vulnerable young people are using.

We distinghish three (overlapping) themes: (1) Basic neurbiological research investigating factors involved in the initiation and persistance of addictive behaviours, e.g. neurobiology of craving, neurocognitive deficits associated with pathological gambling, neurobiological predicors of treatment success.

My areas of expertise include problems with moods and emotions (such as anxiety and depression); difficulties in relationships; addictive and compulsive behaviours; obsessive thinking and OCD; pregnancy loss or postpartum depression; coming to terms with change and loss and a history of sexual abuse.»

He works with sexual dysfunction, orientation and identity issues, and addictive typess of sexual behaviour, informed by attachment and trauma perspectives.