Taking stock: Return to Brown’s (1997) model and possible intervention

This chapter will examine primary exercise dependence in the light of Brown’s (1997) Hedonic Management Model of Addictions and reversal theory (e.g. Apter, 2001) extensions to the model. It will be argued that primary exercise dependence does exist as a separate entity and that it is a true pathological condition. Finally, some strategies for assisting people with primary and secondary exercise dependence will be proposed.