Billieux

Joël

Joël Billieux is associate professor of clinical psychology, psychopathology, and psychological assessment at the university of Lausanne at the University of Lausanne, Switzerland. He is also associate researcher at Center for Excessive Gambling (Lausanne University Hospitals). His main area of research regards the psychological factors (cognitive, affective, motivational, interpersonal) involved in the etiology of addictive behaviors, with a particular focus on self-regulation-related processes. Other research interests include the conceptualization and diagnosis of behavioral addictions, and the effect of emerging technologies on human behavior. He has been an expert in a World Health Organization workgroup related to the public health implications of behavioral addictions associated with the excessive use of ICTs for ten years. He is a contributor of ICD-11 CDDR (Clinical descriptions and diagnostic requirements for ICD-11 mental, behavioural and neurodevelopmental disorders) section on “substance use disorder and addictive behaviors”. He is board member of International Society for the Study of Behavioural Addictions (ISSBA). He is Associate Editor for the Journal of Behavioral Addictions and Section Editor for Current Addiction Reports. He is also editorial board member of several other scientific journals (e.g., International Gambling Studies, Addictive Behaviors, Addictive Behaviors Reports, Computers in Human Behaviors, SN Comprehensive Clinical Medicine).