Addicta Publishes Its Second Issue of 2026

The second issue of Addicta: The Turkish Journal on Addictions for 2026 has been published. Issued quarterly by the Turkish Green Crescent Society, Addicta is a peer-reviewed academic journal.

The 2026 Special Issue will focus on Addiction and Forensic Sciences. Manuscripts will be accepted until 30 September 2026. Further information on the submission process and author guidelines is available on the journal's website.

Since its launch in 2014, Addicta has provided an international and interdisciplinary platform for original scientific research on addiction. The journal seeks to foster high-quality academic debate and contribute to evidence-informed addiction policy development in Türkiye.

Since 2015, Addicta has been indexed in numerous national and international databases, including the Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), SCOPUS, TÜBİTAK ULAKBİM (Scientific and Technological Research Council of Türkiye) Social Sciences and Humanities Database, Academic Search Premier (EBSCO), DOAJ, GALE, InfoBase INDEX, Turkish Psychiatry Index, and the China National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI).

The latest issues of Addicta, along with information on the 2026 Special Issue and the manuscript submission process, are available on the journal's website at www.addicta.com.tr.

Articles in Addicta Volume 13, Issue 2

Editorial

• Prediction markets: Forecasting in name, gambling in function regulatory considerations for Türkiye
Yasin Kavla, Hakan Coşkunol

Review Article

• Efficacy of liquorice root and sugarless chewing gum as an adjuvant to smoking cessation: A randomized controlled trial
Dikshita Mehta, Leena Selvamary, S. G. Ramesh Kumar, Sujatha Anandan

• The prevalence of cigarette, alcohol, and substance use among Kütahya Health Sciences University students and its influencing factors
Muammer Yılmaz, Muhammet Ali Bölükbaş, Ömer Faruk Tekin, Muhammed Furkan Demir, Özgün Soy, Çağdaş Sertkaya, İnci Arıkan

• Attitudes of healthcare professionals toward individuals with alcohol and substance use disorders: A comparative study
Samet Can Demirci, Burak Erman Menkü, Utkan Boran Aşık, Naz Aksoy, Zeynep Sıla Öztürk, Zehra Arıkan

• An examination of stigmatization and family belonging of individuals with substance use disorders
Rasim Babahanoğlu, Serap Daşbaş

• Prevalence of non-medical drug use and dependence among school-going adolescents in Malaysia
Nurul Shafini Shafurdin, Rozmi İsmail, Md Shafiin Shukor, Azmawati Mohammed Nawi, Norhayati Ibrahim, Roziah Mohd Rasdi, Novel Anak Lyndon, Noh Amit, Siti Aishah Hassan, Norshafizah Hanafi, Fauziah Ibrahim, Fathimath Nahla, Mohd Rizal Abdul Manaf

• COVID-19 vaccination status and infection prevalence among individuals attending an addiction counseling unit
Mehmet Akif Sezerol, Zeynep Meva Altaş

• Twinkle twinkle little star: Gambling and child recognition of the Irish national lottery logo
Frank Houghton, John Lombard, Anne Campbell, Marley Shianna Delaney, Erin Macneill, Boluwatiwi Ogunye, Linda Duggan, Kayla Asregadoo

• The associations between gambling disorder, object relations, loneliness and quality of life
Yeşim Delice Bocaoğlu, Leman Elif Aybay

• Examining the relationship between internet gaming disorder, and internet addiction, psychological inflexibility and hopelessness in university students
Elmas Nur İbaoğlu, Zeliha Traş

• The underlying mechanisms between problematic social media use and social anxiety: A cross-sectional study
Şaban Yaltyırk, Ece Bekaroğlu

• The role of experiential avoidance and social emotional learning skills in predicting social media addiction in high school students
Sidar Turan, Gökçen Aydın

• Spiritual transcendence, happiness, cognitive and affective mindfulness, and social media addiction among university students: A moderated mediation model study
Abdulselami Sarıgül, Alican Kaya, Hasan Batmaz, Mark D. Griffiths

• The mediator role of social media addiction in the relationship between perceived social support and depression
Bahtım Kütük, Muazzez Aytemür

• Disordered eating behaviors in internet gaming disorder: Clinical and treatment correlates of a naturalistically treated youth sample
Celal Yeşilkaya, Çağatay Ermiş, Mustafa Tunçtürk, Sezen Alarslan, Merve Can, Eren Halaç, Nilay Ağaç, Berrin Bilgiç, Ayça Atay, Gökçe Elif Alkaş, Gözde Yazkan Akgül, Serkan Turan, Gül Karaçetin

• Contextual therapies for substance use, experiential avoidance, and emotional dysregulation: A clinical case study
Gabriela Sequeda, Johan Acosta-López, Mostapha Ahmad, Sandra Durán-Rondon