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Behavioral Addictions and Management Applications: An Introduction

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This section is dedicated to the increasing recognition of the behavioral addictions as a significant component of our field of practice and windows into human nature without the effect of substances. The inclusion of gambling disorder under the DSM-5 diagnostic code of substance-related and addictive disorders as well as the recent recognition of Internet gaming disorder in the ICD11 are but examples of the awareness of an expanding empirical basis. At the same time, the increasing range of behaviors susceptible to develop from an excessive engagement to a habitual or compulsive pattern behooves us to seek for common as well as distinct features.

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  1. Division of Addiction, Department of Psychiatry, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada

    Nady el-Guebaly

  2. Honorary Professor, Division of Psychology and Language Science, University College London, London, UK

    Henrietta Bowden-Jones

  3. Honorary Senior Visiting Fellow, Cambridge University, London, UK

    Henrietta Bowden-Jones

  4. President of Psychiatry Section, Royal Society of Medicine, London, UK

    Henrietta Bowden-Jones

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  1. Division of Addiction Department of Psychiatry, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada

    Nady el-Guebaly

  2. Mental Health Department, University of Milano-Bicocca, Monza, Monza e Brianza, Italy

    Giuseppe Carrà

  3. Division of Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Department of Psychiatry, NYU School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA

    Marc Galanter

  4. Population and Behavioural Science Division (Psychiatry and Addictions), University of St Andrews, St.Andrews, UK

    Alexander M. Baldacchino

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el-Guebaly, N., Bowden-Jones, H. (2021). Behavioral Addictions and Management Applications: An Introduction. In: el-Guebaly, N., Carrà, G., Galanter, M., Baldacchino, A.M. (eds) Textbook of Addiction Treatment. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-36391-8_62

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