Is behavioral addiction driven by the mind or by the body?

Is behavioral addiction driven by the mind or by the body?

Marc Kern (Addiction Expert, Director of Addiction Alternatives) gives expert video advice on: How is a behavioral addiction similar to a substance behavioral addiction?; What is an "addictive personality"?; What can be done about an addictive personality? and more...

It's very difficult to be absolutely concrete about behavioral addiction. Everybody's different. For some people, there's a small genetic component and a large part is psychological or sociological. For others, it's the opposite, where a large part of behavioral addiction is genetically driven and a small part is socially or psychologically driven.