Balancing validity, utility and public health considerations in disorders due to addictive behaviours
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The recognition of gaming disorder in the ICD-11, as well as its inclusion in the DSM-5 research appendix, has accelerated basic and applied research endeavours.
“The recognition of gaming disorder in the ICD-11, as well as its inclusion in the DSM-5 research appendix, has accelerated basic and applied research endeavours 211,212 .”
From Emerging experience with selected new categories in the <scp>ICD</scp>‐11: complex <scp>PTSD</scp>, prolonged grief disorder, gaming disorder, and compulsive sexual behaviour disorder (2022) · cites this paper as [212]
The paper’s main section says DSM-5 provides Internet gaming disorder criteria for further study and that the draft ICD-11 includes gaming disorder. It also describes a growing literature and increasing information on gaming disorder, but does not say that either classification accelerated basic or applied research. It discusses a draft ICD-11, not recognition in the finalized classification. (LLM, conf=0.85)
Experimental — accuracy not yet measuredBy classifying these disorders within an addiction framework, the ICD-11 endorses the approach that addictive behaviour is not exclusively a medical problem, and that prevention and reduction of the associated health and social burden may be achieved by interventions inside and outside the health sector.
“By classifying these disorders within an addiction framework, the ICD-11 endorses the approach that addictive behaviour is not exclusively a medical problem, and that prevention and reduction of the associated health and social burden may be achieved by interventions inside and outside the health sector [1].”
From Mental, behavioral and neurodevelopmental disorders in the ICD-11: an international perspective on key changes and controversies (2020) · cites this paper as [1]
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- Authors
- Stein, D. J., Billieux, J., Bowden‐Jones, H., Grant, J. E., Fineberg, N., Higuchi, S., Hao, W., Mann, K., Matsunaga, H., Potenza, M. N., Rumpf, H. M., Veale, D., Ray, R., Saunders, J. B., Reed, G. M., & Poznyak, V.
- Affiliations
- South African Medical Research Council (ZA)
- University of Luxembourg (LU)
- Imperial College London (GB)
- University of Chicago (US)
- University of Hertfordshire (GB)
- National Center for Addiction Services Administration Yokosuka Kanagawa Japan
- Central South University (CN)
- Central Institute of Mental Health (DE)
- Hyogo Medical University (JP)
- Yale University (US)
- University of Lübeck (DE)
- King's College London (GB)
- Swami Rama Himalayan University (IN)
- The University of Sydney (AU)
- World Health Organization (CH)
- ORCID
- Venue
- World Psychiatry
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 2018-09-07
- Volume
- 17
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 363-364
- ISSN
- 1723-8617 (ISSN-L)
- 2051-5545
- PMC
- PMC6127815
- OpenAlex
- W2890956318
- Cited by
- 46
- References
- 9
- Citations by year
- 2026: 1 · 2025: 1 · 2024: 7 · 2023: 9 · 2022: 7 · 2021: 8 · 2020: 6 · 2019: 5 · 2018: 2
- FWCI
- 4.08
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Locations
- World Psychiatry (publishedVersion)
- Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (publishedVersion)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Open Repository and Bibliography (University of Luxembourg) (submittedVersion, cc-by-nc-sa)
- Research Portal (King's College London) (submittedVersion)
- Funders
- European Cooperation in Science and Technology
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Epidemiology › Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Gambling Behavior and Treatments
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Philosophy › Mental Health and Psychiatry
- Keywords
- diagnostic validity, clinical utility, addiction psychiatry, diagnostic criteria
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