A contribution to the clinical characterization of Internet addiction in a sample of treatment seekers: Validity of assessment, severity of psychopathology and type of co-morbidity

Comprehensive Psychiatry

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 770-777

  Muller K W ^a   Beutel, M E ^a   Wolfling K ^a  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL CLASSIFICATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISSOCIATIVE DISORDER; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GAME; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INTERNET ADDICTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTIVATION; ONLINE GAME; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; SELF EVALUATION; SELF REPORT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL NETWORK; SYMPTOM CHECKLIST 90; ADDICTION; ADULT; INTERNET; MENTAL DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOMETRY; RECREATION; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL VALIDITY;

ADULT; BEHAVIOR, ADDICTIVE; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOMETRICS; SELF REPORT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL VALIDITY, RESEARCH; VIDEO GAMES;

EID: 84898814823     PISSN: 0010440X     EISSN: 15328384     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.comppsych.2014.01.010     Document Type: Article

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