Addictions in the Workplace: Exploring Behavioural and Substance Addictions

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Article 1
Zilberman N, Yadid G, Efrati Y, Neumark Y, Rassovsky Y. Personality profiles of substance
and behavioural addictions. Addictive behaviours. 2018 Jul 1;82:174-81.
Summary of the source
The main objective of the source is to explore substance associated and behavioural
addictions that are highly prevalent in a major public organisation. In this context, the
diversity across addictions kinds shows that there are different inconsistencies that stem out
from various personalities lying under each type of addictions. The present source compares
personality characterises at several levels of addictions, denoting both substances such as
drugs and alcohol and its behavioural sub-kinds. The main reason for studying this source is
that accidents are likely to occur within workplaces when staffs are under the high influence
of drug or alcohol addictions. Moreover, drinking within the workplace may also result in
aggravated assault and physical battery charges that may be harmful.
Strengths and Weakness
One of the most important strengths of the article is that unlike other articles on the
issue about the workplace, the article starts with small illustrations about the types of
addictions that may affect an individual. The article focuses on the diversified behavioural
addictions that take place within the community and workplaces. The article defines
addictions and behaviour through non-substance associated behavioural addictions that are
inclusive of internet addictions, pathological gambling, drugs and alcohol addiction (1). It
explains that addictions are the potential foundation of psychotic behaviour associated with
addictions that may significantly influence upon decision making as well as motivations of
the employees within the workplace. A most noteworthy weakness of the article is that the

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study emphasises mostly on the results of behavioural addictions in the healthcare business
and provides a generalised study. The study has limited significant generalisation across
various types of addictions in different workplaces.
Conclusion
The author concludes the study by suggesting that there may be different types of
addictions that may have a certain type of behavioural outcome. The author suggests that the
findings from the article may help in the establishment of more effective preventions of the
addictions issue. In this context, preventive strategies could be helpful in recognising the risk
based on the personality addictions (2). The study also implies strategies for interventions and
proper treatments for addictions amongst employees.
In this context, the author concludes the article by restating the needs for preparation
for treatments and train employees that helps to prevent the addictions. Moreover, the
suggestions are made on the intervention techniques and setting up of treatments centres
within workplaces to address the issues.
The relevance of the source
The source is not completely valuable and relevant in the existing study, as it does not
mention much about addictive behaviour taking place in generalised workplaces other than
clinical workplaces. Other than highlighting the consequences of the addictive behaviour in
details and its impact on the workplaces it goes on determining the various types of addictive
behaviour and diversified addiction. In this, article the author, the moves further to deliver
guidelines on the way to intervene the issues and to prevent the addictive behaviour in the
organisations.
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