2017
DOI: 10.1111/add.13763
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How can we conceptualize behavioural addiction without pathologizing common behaviours?

Abstract: Following the recent changes to the diagnostic category for addictive disorders in DSM-5, it is urgent to clarify what constitutes behavioral addiction to have a clear direction for future research and classification. However, in the years following the release of DSM-5, an expanding body of research has increasingly classified engagement in a wide range of common behaviors and leisure activities as possible behavioral addiction. If this expansion does not end, both the relevance and the credibility of the fie… Show more

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“…In their critique of pathologizing everyday behaviours as addictions, Kardefelt-Winther et al [1] note correctly that the components model of addiction [2] uses the symptoms of substance addiction. This is because common components are key to delineating addictions in the first place.…”
Section: Behavioural Addiction and Substance Addiction Should Be Defimentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…In their critique of pathologizing everyday behaviours as addictions, Kardefelt-Winther et al [1] note correctly that the components model of addiction [2] uses the symptoms of substance addiction. This is because common components are key to delineating addictions in the first place.…”
Section: Behavioural Addiction and Substance Addiction Should Be Defimentioning
confidence: 99%
“…If behavioural addictions do not share these core components, they should not be labelled as addictions and should be called something else. Kardefelt-Winther et al [1] also argue that tolerance and withdrawal components are difficult to apply convincingly. Tolerance and withdrawal have been demonstrated empirically and clinically in pathological gambling [3,4] and (to various degrees) video gaming [5,6].…”
Section: Behavioural Addiction and Substance Addiction Should Be Defimentioning
confidence: 99%
“…We also disagree with Griffiths' [7] proposal that the similarities between addictions are key to their identification. Rather, we strongly suggest [1] moving away from recycled substance addiction criteria so that we can fully embrace the unique psychological processes of potentially problematic and repeated behaviours. Tunney & James' [4] commentary supports this: 'any new recipe of behavioural addiction must include an analysis of the behaviour itself'.…”
Section: Behavioural Addiction Open Definition 20-using the Open Scimentioning
confidence: 97%
“…Kardefelt-Winther and colleagues raise the important issue that current conceptualizations and diagnostic methods applied in behavioural addiction research increase the inflationary use of an insufficiently defined clinical diagnosis and result in the pathologizing of normal behaviour [1]. To prevent this critical trend in our field of research, the authors propose a common definition of behavioural addiction with specific exclusion criteria and invite other researchers to contribute to this definition.…”
Section: Conceptualizing Behavioural Addiction In Children and Adolesmentioning
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