An overview of problematic Internet use

Addictive Behaviors

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 3-6

  Spada, Marcantonio M ^a,b  

^a LONDON SOUTH BANK UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NORTH EAST LONDON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Addictive behaviours; Internet addiction; Problematic Internet use

Indexed keywords

CITALOPRAM; ESCITALOPRAM; METHYLPHENIDATE; NALTREXONE; QUETIAPINE; SEROTONIN TRANSPORTER;

ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; AUTOREGULATION; BIPOLAR DISORDER; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COMPULSION; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; IMPULSE CONTROL DISORDER; INTERNET ADDICTION; MAJOR DEPRESSION; PROBLEMATIC INTERNET USE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOTHERAPY; REVIEW; SOCIAL PHOBIA; STRESS;

ADDICTIVE BEHAVIOURS; INTERNET ADDICTION; PROBLEMATIC INTERNET USE;

ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS, SECOND-GENERATION; BEHAVIOR, ADDICTIVE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM STIMULANTS; CITALOPRAM; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COMORBIDITY; HUMANS; IMPULSE CONTROL DISORDERS; INTERNET; METHYLPHENIDATE; MOOD DISORDERS; NALTREXONE; NARCOTIC ANTAGONISTS; PREVALENCE; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 84890244985     PISSN: 03064603     EISSN: 18736327     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2013.09.007     Document Type: Review

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