Is Internet addiction a useful concept?

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 16-19

  Starcevic, Vladan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT;

DSM-5; DSM-IV; HUMAN; INTERNET ADDICTION; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL HEALTH RESEARCH; NOTE; PATHOLOGICAL GAMBLING; RECREATION; SUBSTANCE ABUSE;

BEHAVIOR, ADDICTIVE; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; HUMANS; INTERNET; VIDEO GAMES;

EID: 84873518849     PISSN: 00048674     EISSN: 14401614     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0004867412461693     Document Type: Note

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