[ Browse by Service Category : Mental Illness/Emotional Disabilities : Sub-Topics of Impulse Control Disorders (3) ]
Compulsive Gambling
The consistent inability to resist the impulse to gamble to the extent that gambling behaviour compromises, disrupts or impairs personal, family or vocational pursuits and/or social and economic stability.
Overeating/Food Addiction
People who have difficulty controlling their compulsion to eat more food than they require or who eat the wrong foods (e.g., foods with high amounts of sugar, fat, salt, carbohydrates or other similar substances).
The above terms and definitions are part of the Taxonomy of Human Services, used here by permission of INFO LINE of Los Angeles.
