Internet addiction: Definition, assessment, epidemiology and clinical management

CNS Drugs

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 353-365

  Shaw, Martha ^a   Black, Donald W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Impulse control disorders, general; Obsessive compulsive disorders, general

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ESCITALOPRAM; FLUOXETINE; MOOD STABILIZER; PAROXETINE; PLACEBO; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; SERTRALINE;

ANXIETY DISORDER; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FAMILY THERAPY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; IMPULSE CONTROL DISORDER; INTERNET; INTERNET ADDICTION; MARITAL THERAPY; MOOD DISORDER; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SELF HELP; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; UNITED STATES;

BEHAVIOR, ADDICTIVE; HUMANS; INTERNET;

EID: 41949125419     PISSN: 11727047     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2165/00023210-200822050-00001     Document Type: Review

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