Are Internet use and video-game-playing addictive behaviors? Biological, clinical and public health implications for youths and adults

Minerva Psichiatrica

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 153-170

  Yau, Y H C ^a,b   Crowley, M J ^a   Mayes, L C ^a   Potenza, Marc N ^a,c  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Classification; Growth and development; Internet; Neurobiology; Prevalence; Substance related disorders; Video games

Indexed keywords

RACLOPRIDE C 11;

ADDICTION; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CLINICAL FEATURE; COGNITIVE THERAPY; DECISION MAKING; DSM-5; DSM-IV; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; INTERNET; INTERNET ADDICTION; LIEBOWITZ SOCIAL ANXIETY SCALE; MORBIDITY; NEUROIMAGING; PATHOLOGICAL GAMBLING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW; SOCIAL COMPETENCE; SOCIAL PHOBIA; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; VIDEO GAME PLAYING;

EID: 84871723261     PISSN: 03911772     EISSN: 18271731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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