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      Internet Addiction: A Brief Summary of Research and Practice

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          Problematic computer use is a growing social issue which is being debated worldwide. Internet Addiction Disorder (IAD) ruins lives by causing neurological complications, psychological disturbances, and social problems. Surveys in the United States and Europe have indicated alarming prevalence rates between 1.5 and 8.2% [1]. There are several reviews addressing the definition, classification, assessment, epidemiology, and co-morbidity of IAD [2-5], and some reviews [6-8] addressing the treatment of IAD. The aim of this paper is to give a preferably brief overview of research on IAD and theoretical considerations from a practical perspective based on years of daily work with clients suffering from Internet addiction. Furthermore, with this paper we intend to bring in practical experience in the debate about the eventual inclusion of IAD in the next version of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM).

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            Introduction to behavioral addictions.

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            Several behaviors, besides psychoactive substance ingestion, produce short-term reward that may engender persistent behavior, despite knowledge of adverse consequences, i.e., diminished control over the behavior. These disorders have historically been conceptualized in several ways. One view posits these disorders as lying along an impulsive-compulsive spectrum, with some classified as impulse control disorders. An alternate, but not mutually exclusive, conceptualization considers the disorders as non-substance or "behavioral" addictions. Inform the discussion on the relationship between psychoactive substance and behavioral addictions. We review data illustrating similarities and differences between impulse control disorders or behavioral addictions and substance addictions. This topic is particularly relevant to the optimal classification of these disorders in the forthcoming fifth edition of the American Psychiatric Association Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-V). Growing evidence suggests that behavioral addictions resemble substance addictions in many domains, including natural history, phenomenology, tolerance, comorbidity, overlapping genetic contribution, neurobiological mechanisms, and response to treatment, supporting the DSM-V Task Force proposed new category of Addiction and Related Disorders encompassing both substance use disorders and non-substance addictions. Current data suggest that this combined category may be appropriate for pathological gambling and a few other better studied behavioral addictions, e.g., Internet addiction. There is currently insufficient data to justify any classification of other proposed behavioral addictions. Proper categorization of behavioral addictions or impulse control disorders has substantial implications for the development of improved prevention and treatment strategies.
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              Problematic Internet use and psychosocial well-being: development of a theory-based cognitive–behavioral measurement instrument

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                Journal ID (nlm-ta): Curr Psychiatry Rev
                Journal ID (iso-abbrev): Curr Psychiatry Rev
                Journal ID (publisher-id): CPSR
                Title: Current Psychiatry Reviews
                Publisher: Bentham Science Publishers
                ISSN (Print): 1573-4005
                ISSN (Electronic): 1875-6441
                Publication date (Print): November 2012
                Publication date (Electronic): November 2012
                Volume: 8
                Issue: 4
                Pages: 292-298
                Affiliations
                [a ]reSTART Internet Addiction Recovery Program, Fall City, WA 98024
                [b ]University of Marburg, Department for Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, Gutenbergstraße 18, 35032 Marburg, Germany
                Author notes
                [* ]Address correspondence to this author at the reSTART Internet Addiction Recovery Program, 1001 290th Ave SE, Fall City, WA 98024, USA; Tel: (800)-682-6934; Fax: (888) 788-3419; reSTART@ 123456NetAddictionRecovery.com
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                Publisher ID: CPSR-8-292
                DOI: 10.2174/157340012803520513
                PMC ID: 3480687
                PubMed ID: 23125561
                SO-VID: f4d4e625-31e9-4cf1-9c4d-f47ecba8e6bb
                Copyright © © 2012 Bentham Science Publishers
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                This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License ( http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/), which permits unrestrictive use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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                ScienceOpen disciplines: Clinical Psychology & Psychiatry
                Keywords: internet,restart,addiction,computer,treatment.
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                Keywords: internet, restart, addiction, computer, treatment.

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