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Addiction to new technologies

What types of behavioral addictions exist?

Despite the widespread acceptance of behavioral addictions by the scientific community, only gambling disorder has been included under the same heading as substance addictions in the latest version of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, DSM-5 (APA, 2013). Among so-called "technology addictions," only internet gaming disorder has been included in this same manual, specifically in the appendix dedicated to "Disorders that require further research." On the other hand, the World Health Organization (WHO), in the International Classification of Diseases (ICD-11), published on January 1, 2022, includes gaming disorder for the first time in the section on "mental, behavioral, or neurodevelopmental disorders," immediately following gambling disorder.