Fortune telling addiction: Unfortunately a serious topic about a case report

Abstract

Background: Constant social change brings about new forms of behavior, such as smartphone use, social networking, indoor tanning, cosmetic surgery, etc., that could become excessive or even lead to new forms of addictive disorders. Methods: We report the case of a woman who starts consulting for "clairvoyance addiction". We then discuss the addictive nature of her disorder, based on several classifications of addiction. Results: The patient fulfilled the criteria for addiction and her clinical features were typical of that of addicted people. Other differential diagnoses were discussed. Conclusion: As for any addictive behavior, the interaction of several risk factors should be considered. They are related to the individual himself, but also to the object of addiction and to the socio-environmental context. In this case, all the conditions were met for fortune telling use to become addictive.

How can we conceptualize behavioural addiction without pathologizing common behaviours?

“…Some examples found in recent literature include (but are not limited to) “study addiction” (14), “work addiction” (15), “dancing addiction” (16), “mobile phone addiction” (17), “social network site addiction” (18), “fortune telling addiction” (19) and “body image addiction” (20). A positive addiction diagnosis or classification for these behaviors is particularly likely to be made when responses are captured through survey research using DSM-style polythetic cut-off scoring (e.g., meet 5/9 criteria for positive diagnosis), even though the symptoms in and of themselves are not indicative of functional impairment in community samples (9, 21).…”

Component Model of Addiction Treatment: A Pragmatic Transdiagnostic Treatment Model of Behavioral and Substance Addictions

“…Despite the similarities between behavioral addictions and substance addictions, there is a debate in the empirical literature as to whether behavioral addictions should be classified as “new” psychiatric disorders ( 9 ). Furthermore, there has been a trend in the “scope creep” of behavioral addictions, whereby an increasing number of everyday activities have been proposed as addictive disorders, including for example tanning addiction ( 10 ), tango addiction ( 11 ), and fortune telling addiction ( 12 ). However, what is remarkable when examining the relationship between addictive disorders including both behavioral and substance addictions is the similarities rather than the differences.…”

El Diagnóstico De Adicción a Videojuegos en El DSM-5 Y La Cie-11: Retos Y Oportunidades Para Clínicos

“…Y lo que este manual omite es mucho. En esta lista de posibles adicciones conductuales podrían figurar las compras, el tango (Targhetta et al, 2013), la danza (Maraz et al, 2015), el tarot (Grall-Bronnec et al, 2015;Tomás, 2019), el bronceado (Nolan & Feldman, 2009), Harry Potter (Rudski et al, 2009), el estudio (Atroszko et al, 2015), el trabajo (Orosz et al, 2015;Quinones & Griffiths, 2015), la cirugía estética (Suissa, 2008), hablar (Bostrom & Harrington, 1999;McCroskey & Richmond, 1993, 1995, los juegos de mesa de Star-Wars (Calvo et al, 2018) y otras conductas de las que se han publicado artículos científicos señalando sus posibles consecuencias de tipo adictivo. Sin embargo, solo la adicción al sexo, al ejercicio y a las compras merecen un comentario específico del DSM-5 cuando en la página 481 declara que "No hay suficiente evidencia para establecer los criterios diagnósticos y las descripciones del curso de la enfermedad necesarias para identificar estas conductas como trastornos mentales".…”