The 11th International Conference on Behavioral Addictions (ICBA) is bringing together leading researchers and experts from around the world from Aug. 24 to 26 at Boğaziçi University in Istanbul, in collaboration with the Turkish Green Crescent Society.
The conference is bringing together more than 400 participants, including researchers, academics, psychologists and health and social care professionals from around the world, with experts from institutions including Yale University, the University of Chicago, the University of Geneva and the University of Lausanne.
The program covers a broad range of topics, including gambling, gaming, problematic internet and social media use, compulsive shopping, binge-watching and eating-related disorders, as well as psychological, clinical and neuroscientific approaches to understanding addictive behaviors.
The conference opened with remarks from Turkish Green Crescent Society President Professor Mehmet Dinç and Zsolt Demetrovics, president of the International Society for the Study of Behavioral Addictions (ISSBA).
Stressing the importance of keeping people at the center of scientific research, Dinç said, “Behind every person is a story and behind every addiction is potential recovery.”
