Behavioural Addiction

Behavioural addiction, process addiction or non-substance-related disorder is a form of addiction that involves a compulsion to engage in a rewarding non-substance-related behaviour – sometimes called a natural reward despite any negative consequences to the person's physical, mental, social or financial well-being. In the brain's reward system, a gene transcription factor known as ?FosB has been identified as a necessary common factor involved in both behavioural and drug addictions, which are associated with the same set of neural adaptations.

• Binge eating/food addiction
• Thrill-seeking activities