Lost online: An overview of internet addiction

Advances in Psychiatric Treatment

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 24-30

  Murali, Vijaya ^a,b   George, Sanju ^b  

^a BIRMINGHAM AND SOLIHULL MENTAL HEALTH NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NALTREXONE; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR;

CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CONTROL STRATEGY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; EUPHORIA; FAMILY THERAPY; HUMAN; IMPULSIVENESS; INTERNET ADDICTION; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PSYCHOANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; REINFORCEMENT; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 38549111496     PISSN: 13555146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1192/apt.bp.106.002907     Document Type: Review

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