2024
Statistical predictors of the co-occurrence between gambling disorder and problematic pornography use
Mestre-Bach G, Potenza M, Granero R, Uríszar J, Fernández-Aranda F, Jiménez-Murcia S. Statistical predictors of the co-occurrence between gambling disorder and problematic pornography use. Journal Of Psychiatric Research 2024, 178: 125-129. PMID: 39137720, DOI: 10.1016/j.jpsychires.2024.07.033.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchProblematic pornography useCo-occurrence of GDGambling disorderEmotion dysregulationEmotion regulationImpulsivity levelsStructural equation modelingPornography useMaladaptive personality featuresCo-occurrenceHighest impulsivity levelProblematic Pornography Consumption ScaleMaladaptive personalityPsychopathological distressPersonality measuresMental disordersPersonality featuresShort versionPsychopathologyStatistical predictorsEquation modelingDisordersImpulseSociodemographic variablesYounger ageGeneralized anxiety and mild anxiety symptoms in U.S. military veterans: Prevalence, characteristics, and functioning
Macdonald-Gagnon G, Stefanovics E, Potenza M, Pietrzak R. Generalized anxiety and mild anxiety symptoms in U.S. military veterans: Prevalence, characteristics, and functioning. Journal Of Psychiatric Research 2024, 171: 263-270. PMID: 38325107, DOI: 10.1016/j.jpsychires.2024.02.013.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGeneralized anxiety disorderMild anxiety symptomsAnxiety symptomsMilitary veteransU.S. veteransCorrelates of generalized anxiety disorderCorrelates of anxiety symptomsAnxiety symptom severityU.S. military veteransAnxiety disordersGeneralized anxietyPoor mental healthSuicidal thoughtsSymptom severityMental disordersExcessive anxietyAnxietyMagnitude associationsMental healthFunctional impairmentVeteransFunctional correlatesClinical samplesNationally representative sampleSymptomsInhibitory Control in Gambling Disorder, Internet Gaming Disorder, and Compulsive Sexual Behavior Disorder/Problematic Pornography Use: a Review of the Last 5 Years
Mestre-Bach G, Potenza M. Inhibitory Control in Gambling Disorder, Internet Gaming Disorder, and Compulsive Sexual Behavior Disorder/Problematic Pornography Use: a Review of the Last 5 Years. Current Behavioral Neuroscience Reports 2024, 11: 64-77. DOI: 10.1007/s40473-024-00272-z.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchInternet gaming disorderImpaired inhibitory controlInhibitory controlGambling disorderBehavioral addictionsPornography useStudies of inhibitory controlComponents of executive functionStop-signal task performanceStop-signal taskGoal-directed behaviorTransdiagnostic factorExecutive functionIrrelevant responsesGaming disorderMental disordersTask performanceStroopDisordersAddictionHeterogeneous resultsTaskControl constructsNarrative reviewCompulsion
2021
How Theoretical Models Can Inspire Advances in Research and Clinical Practice: The Example of Behavioral Addictions
Brand M, Potenza M. How Theoretical Models Can Inspire Advances in Research and Clinical Practice: The Example of Behavioral Addictions. SUCHT - Zeitschrift Für Wissenschaft Und Praxis / Journal Of Addiction Research And Practice 2021, 67: 187-194. DOI: 10.1024/0939-5911/a000721.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchBehavioral addictionsAttentional biasesCognitive distortionsExecutive functioningTheoretical modelInhibitory controlAffective responsesCurrent theoretical modelsDiminished controlSpecific mental disordersConditioning processSpecific stimuliAddictionMental disordersConsiderable mechanismClinical practiceResearchFunctioningScientific studiesStimuliSpecific risk factorsTherapistsBiasesExpectancyDisorders
2019
How Spirituality May Mitigate Against Stress and Related Mental Disorders: a Review and Preliminary Neurobiological Evidence
McClintock C, Worhunsky P, Balodis I, Sinha R, Miller L, Potenza M. How Spirituality May Mitigate Against Stress and Related Mental Disorders: a Review and Preliminary Neurobiological Evidence. Current Behavioral Neuroscience Reports 2019, 6: 253-262. DOI: 10.1007/s40473-019-00195-0.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchBrain mechanismsStress processingSelf-referential processingFunctional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) dataPotential brain mechanismsSpecific brain mechanismsImportant resilience factorMental disordersPreliminary fMRI dataStress-related psychopathologyMechanisms of psychopathologyDefault mode networkStress-related mental disordersCognitive processingNeurobiological evidenceNeural mechanismsNeural responsesNeuroscientific researchResilience factorsMagnetic resonance imaging dataNeural circuitryFMRI dataStress responsivityBrain regionsAcute stressEpidemiological Challenges in the Study of Behavioral Addictions: a Call for High Standard Methodologies
Rumpf H, Brandt D, Demetrovics Z, Billieux J, Carragher N, Brand M, Bowden-Jones H, Rahimi-Movaghar A, Assanangkornchai S, Glavak-Tkalic R, Borges G, Lee H, Rehbein F, Fineberg N, Mann K, Potenza M, Stein D, Higuchi S, King D, Saunders J, Poznyak V. Epidemiological Challenges in the Study of Behavioral Addictions: a Call for High Standard Methodologies. Current Addiction Reports 2019, 6: 331-337. DOI: 10.1007/s40429-019-00262-2.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchEpidemiological researchPublic health recommendationsStandardized diagnostic interviewPurpose of ReviewThePutative behavioral addictionsBehavioral addictionsHealth recommendationsDiagnostic criteriaEpidemiological studiesInternational ClassificationDiagnostic InterviewMental disordersSummaryThis reviewEvidence baseSound assessment toolsStatistical ManualEpidemiological challengesAddictive disordersConvenience sampleDisordersInadequate assessmentLongitudinal studyChapter 14 Addressing controversies surrounding food addiction
Mestre-Bach G, Jiménez-Murcia S, Fernández-Aranda F, Potenza M. Chapter 14 Addressing controversies surrounding food addiction. 2019, 419-448. DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-12-816207-1.00014-7.Chapters
2018
Gambling Disorder
Whiting S, Hoff R, Potenza M. Gambling Disorder. 2018, 173-181. DOI: 10.4324/9781315689197-15.Chapters
2008
CHAPTER 9 Current Concepts in the Classification, Treatment, and Modeling of Pathological Gambling and Other Impulse Control Disorders
Williams W, Grant J, Winstanley C, Potenza M. CHAPTER 9 Current Concepts in the Classification, Treatment, and Modeling of Pathological Gambling and Other Impulse Control Disorders. 2008, 317-357. DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-12-373861-5.00029-1.ChaptersIntermittent explosive disorderControl disordersPathological gamblingCompulsive computer useCompulsive skin pickingCore clinical featuresHigh prevalence ratesImpulse control disordersClinical featuresObsessive-compulsive spectrum disordersTreatment trialsPsychiatric cohortPrevalence ratesGeneral populationExplosive disorderSkin pickingMental disordersAppetitive urgeCompulsive sexual behaviorDistressing behaviorsStatistical ManualDisordersCurrent conceptsCompulsive shoppingSexual behavior