Non-substance Addiction: New Perspectives and Frontiers of Risk Behaviors
A special issue of Healthcare (ISSN 2227-9032).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 15 February 2025 | Viewed by 115
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Dear Colleagues,
The concept of addiction is controversial, but in the last few years, its definition has covered not only substance but also activity and behaviors that show similar features of substance addiction. According to the APA’s DSM-5, the interest in the diagnostic features of behavioral addictions (or non-substance addictions) appear clear due to the spread of new risky behaviors involving new technologies and largely diffused habits.
We are pleased to invite you to contribute to this Special Issue focused on exploring features of non-substance addiction and at-risk of addiction behavior involving multiple habits.
This Special Issue aims to disseminate new and innovative insights focused on (i) the phenomenon of non-substance addiction: What behaviors? How do they appear? When can we differentiate a common behavior from a pathological one?; (ii) aspects that may be framed as risk or predictive factors of non-substance addiction; (iii) defining the impact of non-substance addictions on heath in a multidimensional frame (bio-psycho-social approach); and (iv) new perspectives and theoretical models for non-substance addiction and their possible diagnosis.
In this Special Issue, original research articles and reviews focused on these aspects or that may furnish a new point of view on non-substance addiction are welcome.
We look forward to receiving your contributions.
Dr. Francesca Favieri
Prof. Dr. Renata Tambelli
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- non-substance addiction
- behavioral addiction
- new addiction
- risky behavior
- bio-psycho-social approach
- multidimensional perspective
- risk factors
- diagnosis
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