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Substance use disorder and Behavioral addictions

New research in the field: 

Efrati, Y. (2025). A network analysis of addictive behaviors: Risk and protective factors among Israeli youth in a cross-sectional study, International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction,1-34. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11469-025-01569-0

Shaer, B.G, Gross, Z., & Efrati, Y. (2025). Young adults coping with sibling loss: risk and protective factors for substance use disorder. Journal of Child & Adolescent Trauma, 1-15. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40653-025-00758-2

 Hosen, R., Gross, Z., & Efrati, Y. (2025). A network analysis of early life trauma, parent-adolescent communication, parental warmth, and parental monitoring among adolescents with behavioral addictions. Child Abuse & Neglect, 167, 107588. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chiabu.2025.107588

Efrati, Y., Demetrovics, Z., Horváth, Z., Griffiths, M.D., Potenza, M.N., Blum, K., Czakó, A., & Kotyuk, E. (2025). Seeking satisfaction among Israeli young adults: The roles of gratification, compensation, reward deficiency syndrome, and compulsivity in relation to addictive behaviors. Substance Abuse and Rehabilitation, 16, 177–191.  https://doi.org/10.2147/SAR.S527209

Efrati, Y. (2025). The landscape of youth addiction in Israel: Identifying high-risk behaviors. Addictive Behaviors, 169, 108396. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.addbeh.2025.108396