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Behavioural addictions are addictions that do not involve the ingestion of psychoactive substances and yet feature all the core features found in more traditional substance-based addictions (eg, withdrawal symptoms, mood modification, tolerance, salience, conflict and relapse).1 Although a couple of behavioural addictions have now been formally recognised in major psychiatric and medical diagnostic manuals such as the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual for Mental Disorders and the International Classification of Diseases (ie, addictions to gambling and gaming), all other types of behavioural addiction have not been formally recognised (eg, addictions to sex, social media, exercise, work, etc).