Trapped in the web: The Psychopathology of Cyberspace

Journal of Cyber Therapy and Rehabilitation

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 337-350

  Cantelmi, Tonino ^a   Talli, Massimo ^a  

^a Institute for Interpersonal Cognitive Therapy   (Italy)

Author keywords

Addiction; Diagnostic criteria; Explanatory models; Internet; Psychopathological risks

Indexed keywords

ADVERTIZING; ANXIETY; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; COGNITION; COMPULSION; COMPULSIVE ONLINE GAMBLING; CYBER RELATIONSHIP ADDICTION; CYBERSEX ADDICTION; DEPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; INFORMATION OVERLOAD ADDICTION; INTERNET ADDICTION; LIFE EVENT; MOTIVATION; PATHOLOGICAL GAMBLING; PATIENT COUNSELING; PERSONALITY; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOTHERAPY; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; SELF HELP; SEXUAL ADDICTION; SOCIAL INTERACTION; VIRTUAL IMAGE; VIRTUAL REALITY; ZIGARNICK EFFECT;

EID: 79960412390     PISSN: 17849934     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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