Internet Addiction: Prevalence, Risk Factors and Health Effects
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| Title: | Internet Addiction: Prevalence, Risk Factors and Health Effects |
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| Description: | According to the World Health Organization, pathological addiction is the psychic, and sometimes even physical, condition arising from the interaction between a living organism and an exogenous substance, characterized by behavioral responses and other reactions that always include a compulsive need to take the substance continuously or periodically, in order to get its psychic effects and/or to avoid the distress related to its withdrawal. This book presents a review on Internet addiction, which is considered an emergent problem especially amongst adolescents, and examines the risk factors and health effects of this addiction. |
| Authors: | Adams, Margaret E. |
| Resource Type: | eBook. |
| Subjects: | Internet addiction, Internet--Psychological aspects |
| Categories: | MEDICAL / Internal Medicine, HEALTH & FITNESS / Diseases & Conditions / General, MEDICAL / Clinical Medicine, MEDICAL / Diseases, MEDICAL / Evidence-Based Medicine |
| Database: | eBook Collection (EBSCOhost) |
| Abstract: | According to the World Health Organization, pathological addiction is the psychic, and sometimes even physical, condition arising from the interaction between a living organism and an exogenous substance, characterized by behavioral responses and other reactions that always include a compulsive need to take the substance continuously or periodically, in order to get its psychic effects and/or to avoid the distress related to its withdrawal. This book presents a review on Internet addiction, which is considered an emergent problem especially amongst adolescents, and examines the risk factors and health effects of this addiction. |
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| ISBN: | 9781536104363 9781536104516 |
