Can disordered mobile phone use be considered a behavioral addiction? An update on current evidence and a comprehensive model for future research [PDF]
Current Addiction Report, 2015 Despite the many positive outcomes, excessive mobile phone use is now often associated with potentially harmful and/or disturbing behaviors (e.g., symptoms of deregulated use, negative impact on various aspects of daily life such as relationship problems,
A Bianchi +55 more
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Common myths in the behavioral addiction field [PDF]
Journal of concurrent disorders, 2018 There is no shortage of controversy and debates within the field of behavioral addiction. In this paper, five myths are outlined concerning various behavioral addictions.
Griffiths, MD
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Estimation of Behavioral Addiction Prevalence During COVID-19 Pandemic: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. [PDF]
Curr Addict Rep, 2022 The COVID-19 pandemic changed people’s lifestyles and such changed lifestyles included the potential of increasing addictive behaviors. The present systematic review and meta-analysis aimed to estimate the prevalence of different behavioral addictions (i.
Alimoradi Z +4 more
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Neural cue-reactivity in pathological gambling as evidence for behavioral addiction: a systematic review. [PDF]
Curr Psychol, 2022 Increasing incidence of problem gambling has led to prioritizing the problem from the point of view of public health. Additionally, gambling disorder has been recently classified as a behavioral addiction, with implications for both its diagnosis and ...
García-Castro J +2 more
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The landscape of open science in behavioral addiction research: Current practices and future directions [PDF]
Journal of Behavioral Addictions, 2023 Open science refers to a set of practices that aim to make scientific research more transparent, accessible, and reproducible, including pre-registration of study protocols, sharing of data and materials, the use of transparent research methods, and open
Charlotte Eben +12 more
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Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (rTMS) as a Promising Treatment for Craving in Stimulant Drugs and Behavioral Addiction: A Meta-Analysis. [PDF]
J Clin Med, 2022 Addiction is a mental disorder with limited available treatment options. The therapeutic potential of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) on it, by targeting craving in particular, has been explored with heterogenous results.
Gay A +10 more
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Should compulsive sexual behavior (CSB) be considered as a behavioral addiction? A debate paper presenting the opposing view. [PDF]
J Behav Addict, 2022 Background and aims Compulsive sexual behavior disorder (CSBD) has been a long debated issue. While formerly the discussion was about whether to regard CSBD as a distinctive disorder, the current debate is dealing with the classification of this ...
Sassover E, Weinstein A.
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Higher Risk Taking and Impaired Probability Judgment in Behavioral Addiction. [PDF]
Int J Neuropsychopharmacol, 2020 Background Accumulating evidence suggests that deficits in decision-making and judgment may be involved in several psychiatric disorders, including addiction.
Asaoka Y +4 more
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Journal of Behavioral Addictions, 2015 Background This paper is a commentary to a debate article entitled: “Are we overpathologizing everyday life? A tenable blueprint for behavioral addiction research”, by Billieux et al. (2015).
Damien Brevers, X. Noel
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Maladaptive daydreaming as a new form of behavioral addiction. [PDF]
J Behav Addict, 2018 Background and aims Maladaptive daydreaming (MD) has many features of behavioral addiction, but research exploring this syndrome is limited. This case study provides a qualitative exploration of MD.
Pietkiewicz IJ +3 more
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