Behavioural Addiction: An Understanding

Behavioural Addiction (B A) is a repeated behavior leading to significant harm and distress. The behavior is not reduced by the person and persists over a significant period of time. Literature was searched on both electronic data base such as PubMed and manually. The purpose of this study is to explore, and compare the behavioural addiction with various edition of Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM) and International classification of Disease (ICD), its diagnostic dilemma, similarities with Substance Use Disorder (SUDs), Phenomenological Similarities models, management of B A. There has been too little serious public policy debate concerning the best measures to reduce the exposure of media violence on children and youth. It is right time to move on to the more difficult public policy questions concerning whether modern societies should take action to reduce the high rates of exposure of children and youth to media violence as well as B A and if so, what public policies would likely be the most effectively.