… of love relations … the addictive dimension of passionate love. With this in mind, we will
compare the available data concerning “love passion,” “drug addiction,” and “behavioral addiction” …

… Criteria for love addiction (differing from love passion), including the notion of suffering and
continued behaviour despite adverse consequences, inspired from the DSM-IV criteria could …

… We have proposed that romantic love is a natural (and often positive) addiction that evolved
from mammalian antecedents by 4 million years ago as a survival mechanism to encourage …

… Furthermore, and consistent with our arguments in this paper, addiction theorist Stanton
Peele (quoted in Curley, 2010) has suggested that next edition of the DSM—volume 5—should …

… -Related Disorders and Addiction Disorders. When we refer to love addiction, we are alluding
to all those changes that suffocate and suppress the life of these “addicted” subjects and …

… considered as an addiction toward an object of love and can … empirical evidences about
love addiction etiology and … the phenomenological depiction of love addiction that so far has …

… Furthermore, and consistent with our arguments in this paper, addiction theorist Stanton
Peele (quoted in Cur ley, 2010) has suggested that next edition of the DSM—volume 5—should …

… and neurochemicals involved in both addiction and social attachment. In … love is a behavioral
addiction. To do so, we will discuss the concordance and discordance between addiction …

… in love, changes from passionate love to compassionate love, and the impact of a relationship
dissolution will be discussed. Before these changes are discussed, the types of love need …

… Love addiction has been defined as a compulsive need for relationships that persists … (Reynaud,
Karila, Blecha and Benyamina 2010). Indeed, individuals with love addiction typically …