AIM: To provide a comprehensive overview of clinical studies on the clinical picture of
Internet-use related addictions from a holistic perspective. A literature search was conducted …

Background: Problematic Internet addiction or excessive Internet use is characterized by
excessive or poorly controlled preoccupations, urges, or behaviors regarding computer use …

Internet addiction, while not yet officially codified within a psychopathological framework, is
growing both in prevalence and within the public consciousness as a potentially problematic …

In the last decade, Internet usage has grown tremendously on a global scale. The increasing
popularity and frequency of Internet use has led to an increasing number of reports …

Internet addiction, which has become a global social issue, can be broadly conceptualized
as an inability to control one's use of the Inter-net which leads to negative consequences in …

Objective: This article aimed to examine the issue of whether the construct of Internet
addiction represents a single entity or a spectrum of disorders. Method: A literature review …

Objective: In 2013, the American Psychiatric Association included Internet Gaming Disorder
in the diagnostic manual as a condition which requires further research, indicating the …

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to delineate the overall theoretical framework on the
topic of internet addiction through the comprehensive narrative review to make readers …

Internet gaming addiction was included in the latest version of the DSM-V as a possible
disorder recently, while debate is still on-going as to whether the condition called “Internet …

Background and aims The growing problem of Internet addiction has been acknowledged
through the inclusion of Gaming Disorder in the American Psychiatric Association's fifth …