Elkholy Hussien
Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Neurology and Psychiatry Department, Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt. Email:
BJPsych Int. 2022 Aug;19(3):57-58. doi: 10.1192/bji.2022.13.
Addiction is a chronic yet treatable disorder. Patterns of addiction, whether substance related or behavioural, vary among countries and regions. Addiction medicine practice and approaches used in management are not only different from one country to another but are influenced by other factors, including environmental ones. The COVID-19 pandemic is one of the major environmental changes that had an impact on addiction. In this editorial, light will be shed on three articles covering recent updates in addiction medicine, ranging from types of substances and service provision to inclusion of gaming disorder in ICD-11.
成瘾是一种慢性但可治疗的疾病。成瘾模式，无论是与物质相关的还是行为性的，在不同国家和地区各不相同。用于管理成瘾的医学实践和方法不仅因国家而异，还受到包括环境因素在内的其他因素的影响。2019冠状病毒病大流行是对成瘾产生影响的主要环境变化之一。在这篇社论中，将阐述三篇关于成瘾医学最新进展的文章，内容涵盖物质类型、服务提供以及将游戏障碍纳入《国际疾病分类第11版》等方面。
