Compulsive Disorder Criteria
From Restoration Family Podcast by David S. Johnson
January 9, 2026 · 13 min · Season 2026 · Episode 109
About this episode
This episode discusses Alcohol Use Disorder and the criteria for determining its severity, along with insights into compulsive behaviors and neurochemical changes in the brain.
This episode includes a description of Alcohol Use Disorder with the criteria to determine mild, moderate and severe use levels from the DSM-V-TR diagnostic criteria. A behavioral or process addiction follows a similar course of neurochemical changes in the brain's reward system that closely resembles the Substance Use Disorders. The main neurochemical involved in compulsive and addictive behaviors is dopamine, which is experienced as enhanced pleasure. The episode is design...
Topics covered
- Alcohol Use Disorder
- DSM-V-TR
- neurochemical changes
- dopamine
- behavioral addiction
Keywords
- compulsive disorder
- addiction
- substance use disorders
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