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Internet addiction: a 21stcentury epidemic?
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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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Metadata
- Authors
- Christakis, D. A.
- Affiliations
- Seattle Children's Research Institute (US)
- Corresponding author
- Christakis, Dimitri A
- Venue
- BMC Medicine
- Published
- 2010-10-18
- Volume
- 8
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 61-61
- ISSN
- 1741-7015 (ISSN-L)
- PMC
- PMC2972229
- OpenAlex
- W2169876268
- Cited by
- 249
- References
- 32
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- FWCI
- 30.07
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- gold
- doi.org
- Licence
- Locations
- BMC Medicine (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion, cc-by-sa)
- 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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