Commentary on: Are we overpathologizing everyday life? A tenable blueprint for behavioral addiction research. Excessive behaviors are not necessarily addictive behaviors

Chih-Hung Ko; Ju-Yu Yen

doi:10.1556/2006.4.2015.015

Commentary on: Are we overpathologizing everyday life? A tenable blueprint for behavioral addiction research. Excessive behaviors are not necessarily addictive behaviors

J Behav Addict. 2015 Sep;4(3):130-1. doi: 10.1556/2006.4.2015.015.

Authors

Chih-Hung Ko^{1

2

3}, Ju-Yu Yen^{2

3

4}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Psychiatry, Kaohsiung Municipal Hsiao-Kang Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical University , Kaohsiung , Taiwan.
² Department of Psychiatry, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical University , Kaohsiung , Taiwan.
³ Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine and Graduate Institute of Medicine, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University , Kaohsiung , Taiwan.
⁴ Department of Psychiatry, Kaohsiung Municipal Ta-Tung Hospital , Kaohsiung , Taiwan.

Abstract

Background and aims: The commentary aims to provide clarity to the article "Are we overpathologizing everyday life? A tenable blueprint for behavioral addiction research."

Methods: We provide another viewpoint for the important issues of behavior addiction.

Result: The course of behavior addiction should be further studied. The criteria of withdrawal and tolerance of behavior addiction are ill-defined and need to be further evaluated.

Conclusions: The etiology, course, presentation, and functional impairment of behavior addiction should be validated by evidence-based data before being defined as a disorder.

Keywords: Internet Gaming Disorders; behavioral addiction; criteria; tolerance; withdrawal.

Publication types

Comment

MeSH terms

Behavior, Addictive / psychology*
Behavioral Research / methods*
Humans
Models, Theoretical*

Grants and funding

No financial support was received for this study.