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Hindi Journal of Addictive Behaviors,Therapy & RehabilitationISSN: 2324-9005
Somer E Author
Subjects of specialization
Affiliation
Child abuse, Social phobia, Behavioral addiction, Fantasy, Absorption, Maladaptive daydreaming
School of Social Work, University of Haifa, Israel
Biography
Specialization in Food and Nutrition, Food Microbiology, Processing and Preservation, Food Engineering, Food Quality and has published article entitled Childhood Trauma, Social Anxiety, Absorption and Fantasy Dependence: Two Potential Mediated Pathways to Maladaptive Daydreaming
Publications
Research Article Open Access
Childhood Trauma, Social Anxiety, Absorption and Fantasy Dependence: Two Potential Mediated Pathways to Maladaptive Daydreaming
Author(s): Somer E and Herscu O
The concept of maladaptive daydreaming (MD) was first introduced in a study on six patients with severe impairment of daily functioning who preferred to avoid hardships associated with abusive childhoods by developing inner worlds of fantasy. The current study aims to shed further light on potential developmental pathways to MD, defined as a pathological form of fantasy that can cause distress and “replaces human interaction and/or interferes with academic, interpersonal or vocational functioning”.
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