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  • Chapter 6 - Exercise, Fitspiration, and the Role of Social Media

  • from Section 1 - From Exercise to Addiction: An Introduction to the Phenomenon
  • Edited by Ornella Corazza, University of Hertfordshire and University of Trento, Italy, Artemisa Rocha Dores, Polytechnic Institute of Porto and University of Porto, Portugal
  • Book:
    The Body in the Mind
    Published online:
    30 March 2023
    Print publication:
    06 April 2023, pp 93-102

  • Summary

    Following the exponential increase in Internet use over recent decades, social networking sites have become a major source of information and inspiration. These networks have a crucial role in defining beauty standards and sharing new trends and ideas, especially among adolescents and young adults. The concept of ‘fitspiration’ (a combination of the words ‘fitness’ and ‘inspiration’) encourages people to engage in physical activity and adopt a healthy lifestyle. This chapter discusses how fitspiration’s emphasis on well-being, having a fit body, and healthy lifestyle has made potentially pathological behaviours, such as dietary restriction, substance misuse, and overexercising, socially acceptable. The potential physical and psychological risks to fitspiration users, including unsupervised supplement intake, body image disturbances, eating disorders, physical and mental burnout, social isolation, and feelings of weakness and worthlessness, are analysed. The need to further elucidate the potentially harmful effects of social network content and develop preventive mental health strategies is highlighted.

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  • Edited by Ornella Corazza, University of Hertfordshire and University of Trento, Italy, Artemisa Rocha Dores, Polytechnic Institute of Porto and University of Porto, Portugal
  • Book:
    The Body in the Mind
    Published online:
    30 March 2023
    Print publication:
    06 April 2023, pp xxi-xxiv
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The Body in the Mind
  • Exercise Addiction, Body Image and the Use of Enhancement Drugs
  • Edited by Ornella Corazza, Artemisa Rocha Dores
  • Published online:
    30 March 2023
    Print publication:
    06 April 2023
  • In a society that strives for appearance, fitness is increasingly viewed as a means to reach a certain aesthetic ideal, rather than a way to improve health and physical performance. Every day millions of posts appear on social media promoting a visual representation of apparently fit, healthy and 'perfect' bodies. Combining personal accounts, clinical cases, and scientific research, this book explores how such new trends in society can lead to the development of exercise addiction and body image disorders. It explains how such a concern with physical appearance can act as a precursor or be symptomatic of other conditions, such as eating disorders, mood disorders, and the use of performance and image enhancing drugs. It highlights throughout the importance of raising awareness amongst health professionals, including psychiatrists, psychologists, mental health nurses, social workers and primary care physicians, of this growing challenge to prevent harm and improve treatment.

  • 25 - Novel Psychoactive Substances: A New Challenge for Prevention and Treatment

  • from Part V - Ongoing and Future Research Directions
  • Edited by Steve Sussman, University of Southern California
  • Book:
    The Cambridge Handbook of Substance and Behavioral Addictions
    Published online:
    13 July 2020
    Print publication:
    06 August 2020, pp 307-325

  • Summary

    In the past two decades, the emergence of Novel Psychoactive Substances (NPS) has changed the face of drug markets. Synthetic cathinones, synthetic cannabinoid receptor agonists, novel synthetic opioids, tryptamines, and piperazines became popular alternatives to illicit drugs, primarily because of their easy availability, low price, and intense effects. Analogous NPS are also often misold as traditional drugs due to the often broader profit margins and lower criminal risk profile associated with them. This chapter aims to provide an overview of the epidemiology, user and consumption characteristics, toxicity, and pharmacokinetics of the most proliferate NPS, alongside an introduction to effective prevention and treatment methods for both adolescent and adult populations of NPS users.