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Behavioral Addictions

Conceptual, Clinical, Assessment, and Treatment Approaches

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Editors:
  1. Halley M. Pontes

    1. Department of Organizational Psychology, Birkbeck, University of London, London, UK

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  • Covers the latest findings concerning non-substance-based addictive disorders
  • Describes behavioral, biological and epidemiological aspects
  • Highlights challenges in prevention and treatment

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xv
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  2. Gambling Disorder

    • Mark D. Griffiths, Filipa Calado
    Pages 1-29

  3. Gaming Disorder

    • Cuneyt Evren
    Pages 31-67

  4. Social Media Addiction

    • Tayana Panova, Xavier Carbonell
    Pages 69-95

  5. Smartphone Addiction

    • Dmitri Rozgonjuk, Christian Montag, Jon D. Elhai
    Pages 97-117

  6. Internet Addiction

    • Halley M. Pontes, Jason Satel, Almuth McDowall
    Pages 119-145

  7. Love Addiction

    • Taya Bockmann, Marsal Sanches
    Pages 147-160

  8. Sex Addiction

    • Manpreet Dhuffar-Pottiwal
    Pages 161-188

  9. Exercise Addiction

    • Attila Szabo, Krisztina Ábel
    Pages 189-212

  10. Work Addiction

    • Paweł Andrzej Atroszko
    Pages 213-240

  11. Shopping Addiction

    • Aniko Maraz, Sebastiano Costa
    Pages 241-257
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About this book

This book provides a holistic evidence-based perspective on conceptual, clinical, assessment, and treatment aspects of key non-substance-based addictive disorders related to: gambling, gaming, social media, smartphone, internet, love, sex, exercise, work, and shopping. Each chapter focuses on a different addictive disorder and is structured in a user-friendly way to enable the reader fast navigation, yet the main aspects of the respective disorders are covered in the necessary depth. All in all, this book offers a timely, self-contained introduction to both key concepts and the latest scientific developments in behavioral addictions. It addresses mental health practitioners, researchers in psychology, neuroscience and communication, and undergraduate and postgraduate students alike.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Organizational Psychology, Birkbeck, University of London, London, UK

    Halley M. Pontes

About the editor

Dr. Halley M. Pontes is a Chartered Psychologist of the British Psychological Society (CPsychol), Member of the Australian Psychological Society (MAPS), and Chartered Scientist (CSci) of the Science Council. He currently works as a researcher and lecturer at Birkbeck, University of London in the United Kingdom and his main research interests relate to the mental health and psychological well-being issues linked with emerging addictive behaviors such as gaming disorder, social media addiction, internet addiction, among other problematic behaviors. Dr. Pontes has received his PhD from the Nottingham Trent University in the United Kingdom and has published over 100 studies in several scientific journals and presented his work on numerous international conferences. He has been previously awarded with the Durand Jacobs Award from McGill University (Canada) and the Early Career Research Award from the Australian Psychological Society (Australia) for his important contributions to thepsychology of addictive behaviors and cyberpsychology.

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