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SUMMARY:Behavioral addictions: COVID-19 considerations and more (NOTE time
 : 1-2 pm) - Prof Marc Potenza\, Yale University School of Medicine
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DESCRIPTION:*Abstract:* Disorders due to addictive behaviors (also known a
 s behavioral addictions) have been included in the eleventh revision of th
 e International Classification of Diseases (ICD-11). Both gambling disorde
 r and gaming disorder are formal diagnostic entities in the ICD-11\, and o
 ther behaviors (e.g.\, social networking\, buying/shopping and pornography
  viewing) have also been proposed as foci of potential disorders.  A commo
 n element across these conditions is the ability to engage in them via the
  internet. During COVID-19\, considerable changes in internet use have bee
 n observed\, raising questions regarding problematic and healthy use of th
 e internet during the pandemic and thereafter. In this presentation\, data
  regarding gambling\, gaming and pornography use during the pandemic will 
 be presented\, as will guidances and prevention recommendations regarding 
 how to promote healthy use of the internet.  \n\n*Biography:* Dr. Potenza 
 is a board-certified psychiatrist with sub-specialty training in addiction
  psychiatry.  He has trained at Yale University receiving a combined BS/MS
  with Honors in Molecular Biochemistry and Biophysics and a PhD in Cell Bi
 ology\, the latter concurrent with the MD through the Medical Scientist Tr
 aining Program.  He completed internship\, psychiatric residency and addic
 tion psychiatry fellowship training at Yale.  Currently\, he is a Professo
 r of Psychiatry\, Child Study and Neuroscience at the Yale University Scho
 ol of Medicine where he is the Director of the Division on Addictions Rese
 arch\, the Problem Gambling Clinic\, the Center of Excellence in Gambling 
 Research\, the Women and Addictive Disorders Core of Women's Health Resear
 ch at Yale and the Yale Research Program on Impulsivity and Impulse Contro
 l Disorders.  He is also a Senior Research Scientist at the Connecticut Co
 uncil on Problem Gambling. He is on the editorial boards of fifteen journa
 ls (including editor-in-chief of Current Addiction Reports) and has receiv
 ed multiple national and international awards for excellence in research a
 nd clinical care.  Recently\, he has received lifetime achievement researc
 h awards from the Connecticut Council on Problem Gambling and the National
  Council on Problem Gambling and research awards from the Society for the 
 Advancement of Sexual Health and Turkish Green Crescent Society (Phoenix A
 ward for Addiction Research). He has consulted to the Substance Abuse and 
 Mental Health Services Administration\, National Registry of Effective Pro
 grams\, National Institutes of Health\, American Psychiatric Association a
 nd World Health Organization (WHO) on matters of addiction. He has partici
 pated in two DSM-5 research work groups and six annual WHO meetings relati
 ng to Internet use and addictive behaviors in the ICD-11\, addressing topi
 cs relating to gambling\, gaming\, impulse control\, and addiction.\n\nDr.
  Potenza's research has focused on the neurobiology and treatment of subst
 ance and non-substance (behavioral) addictions and other disorders charact
 erized by impaired impulse control and reward-related motivations.  The ma
 jority of this work has focused on understanding clinical and neurobiologi
 cal underpinnings of these disorders\, and their co-occurrences with other
  mental health disorders\, in order to advance prevention and treatment st
 rategies.  Dr. Potenza's research has applied brain imaging\, genetic\, ep
 idemiological and clinical trials methodologies to gain knowledge and impr
 ove prevention and treatment strategies for addictive disorders.  This wor
 k has also involved identifying potential intermediary phenotypes\, like f
 acets of impulsivity\, that may in part explain the high rates of co-occur
 rence between psychiatric conditions and might represent novel targets for
  prevention and treatment strategies. \n
LOCATION: Webinar  (via Zoom online)
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