Process/Behavioral Addictions

Behavioral Addictions as Mental Disorders Student’s Name University Course Professor Date Behavioral Addictions as Mental Disorders In the paper titled 'Behavioral Addiction: Implications for the Classification of Mental Disorders,' Petry et al. (2018) asked an important question related to the categorization of certain behaviors as addictive. The categorization of such addictions, including process addictions, food, sex, and exercise, as mental disorders can enable its reliable identification and classification processes, which can help research their causes, prevention, and treatment (Petry et al., 2018). It can potentially help decrease the morbidity and mortality rate from these diseases. However, in the same way, there is an increase in the variety of mental disorders, and this is likely going to water down the experiences of those with severe impairments (Petry et al., 2018). For instance, if compulsive chocolate eating and love dependency can be considered mental disorders, where do they stand regarding research and treatment compared to schizo...