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Commentary on: Are we overpathologizing everyday life? A tenable blueprint for behavioral addiction research

Year: 2015

Type: editorial

Abstract: 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). METHODS AND AIM: This brief response focused on the necessity to better characterize psychological and related neurocognitive determinants of persistent deleterious actions associated or not with substance utilization. RESULTS: A majority of addicted people could be driven by psychological functional reasons to keep using drugs, gambling or buying despite the growing number of related negative consequences. In addition, a non-negligible proportion of them would need assistance to restore profound disturbances in basic learning processes involved in compulsive actions. CONCLUSIONS: The distinction between psychological functionality and compulsive aspects of addictive behaviors should represent a big step towards more efficient treatments.

Source: Journal of Behavioral Addictions

DOI: 10.1556/2006.4.2015.017

Authors: Damien Brevers, Xavier Noel

Institutions: University of Southern California, Université Libre de Bruxelles

Language: English

Topic: Gambling Behavior and Treatments

Subfield: Clinical Psychology

Field: Psychology

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: gold

Estimated APC paid: $916