Lost online: an overview of internet addiction
Open Access
- 2 January 2007
- journal article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Advances in Psychiatric Treatment
- Vol. 13 (1) , 24-30
- https://doi.org/10.1192/apt.bp.106.002907
Abstract
A significant minority of people who use the internet develop ‘internet addiction’ – a relatively new concept in psychiatry not yet recognised by ICD–10 or DSM–IV. Preliminary research offers interesting insight into predisposing factors and psychosocial treatment options. Mental health professionals need a basic understanding of internet addiction so that they can recognise it early and intervene appropriately. In this article, we present an overview of the aetiological frameworks, assessment and treatments of internet addiction.Keywords
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