Epidemiological Challenges in the Study of Behavioral Addictions: a Call for High Standard Methodologies
Rumpf H, Brandt D, Demetrovics Z, Billieux J, Carragher N, Brand M, Bowden-Jones H, Rahimi-Movaghar A, Assanangkornchai S, Glavak-Tkalic R, Borges G, Lee H, Rehbein F, Fineberg N, Mann K, Potenza M, Stein D, Higuchi S, King D, Saunders J, Poznyak V. Epidemiological Challenges in the Study of Behavioral Addictions: a Call for High Standard Methodologies. Current Addiction Reports 2019, 6: 331-337. DOI: 10.1007/s40429-019-00262-2.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchEpidemiological researchPublic health recommendationsStandardized diagnostic interviewPurpose of ReviewThePutative behavioral addictionsBehavioral addictionsHealth recommendationsDiagnostic criteriaEpidemiological studiesInternational ClassificationDiagnostic InterviewMental disordersSummaryThis reviewEvidence baseSound assessment toolsStatistical ManualEpidemiological challengesAddictive disordersConvenience sampleDisordersInadequate assessmentLongitudinal study