The coping function of mental disorder symptoms: is it to be considered when developing diagnostic criteria for behavioural addictions?

Barna Konkolÿ Thege^{1

2}

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¹ Research and Academics Division, Waypoint Centre for Mental Health Care, Penetanguishene, Canada.
² Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada.

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Barna Konkolÿ Thege. Addiction. 2017 Oct.

. 2017 Oct;112(10):1716-1717.

doi: 10.1111/add.13816. Epub 2017 Apr 17.

Barna Konkolÿ Thege^{1

2}

¹ Research and Academics Division, Waypoint Centre for Mental Health Care, Penetanguishene, Canada.
² Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada.

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Keywords: Behavioural addictions; conceptualization; coping; diagnosis; exclusion criteria; non-substance-related addictions.

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How can we conceptualize behavioural addiction without pathologizing common behaviours?
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