Getting plugged in: An overview of Internet addiction

Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health

Volumn 46, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 557-559

  Flisher, Caroline ^a  

^a Waltham Forest Child and Family Consultation Service   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

compulsive disorder; ICD 10; internet addiction; online video games

Indexed keywords

BACKACHE; COUNSELING; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FAMILY STRESS; FAMILY THERAPY; GROUP THERAPY; HUMAN; INTERNET ADDICTION; LIFESTYLE; LUNG EMBOLISM; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIST; PSYCHOSOCIAL WITHDRAWAL; PUBLIC FIGURE; REPETITIVE STRAIN INJURY; SELF NEGLECT; SHORT SURVEY; SITTING; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SYMPTOM; WORK; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; BEHAVIOR, ADDICTIVE; COMPULSIVE PERSONALITY DISORDER; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; INTERNET; VIDEO GAMES;

EID: 78349236270     PISSN: 10344810     EISSN: 14401754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1754.2010.01879.x     Document Type: Short Survey

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