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Internet addiction: a 21stcentury epidemic?

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Christakis, Dimitri A·2010·BMC Medicine

DOI 10.1186/1741-7015-8-61PMC PMC2972229

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Internet addiction, while not yet officially codified within a psychopathological framework, is growing both in prevalence and within the public consciousness as a potentially problematic condition with many parallels to existing recognized disorders. The rapid and unfettered increase in the number of people accessing a relatively unrestricted internet substantially increases the possibility that those suffering with an underlying psychological comorbidity may be at serious risk of developing an addiction to the internet, lending further credence to this hitherto understudied condition. In this commentary, I outline my recommendations for improved diagnosis, study and prevention of internet addiction.

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Authors: Christakis, D. A.
Affiliations: Seattle Children's Research Institute (US)
Corresponding author: Christakis, Dimitri A
ORCID: Christakis, Dimitri A
Venue: BMC Medicine
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Published: 2010-10-18
Volume: 8
Issue: 1
Pages: 61-61
ISSN: 1741-7015 (ISSN-L)
DOI: 10.1186/1741-7015-8-61
PMC: PMC2972229
OpenAlex: W2169876268
Cited by: 249
References: 32
Citations by year: 2026: 3 · 2025: 10 · 2024: 7 · 2023: 14 · 2022: 21 · 2021: 14 · 2020: 56 · 2019: 14 · 2018: 12 · 2017: 19 · 2016: 20 · 2015: 17 · 2014: 13 · 2013: 15 · 2012: 8
FWCI: 30.07
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: gold
doi.org
Licence: cc-by
www.springer.com/tdm (unspecified)
Locations: BMC Medicine (publishedVersion, cc-by)
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Topics: Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Impact of Technology on Adolescents
Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Sexuality, Behavior, and Technology
Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Gambling Behavior and Treatments
Keywords: internet addiction, prevalence, psychological comorbidity, diagnosis, prevention, psychopathology, internet use
MeSH terms: Compulsive Behavior, Humans, Psychopathology, Behavior, Addictive, Internet

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