Psychiatric features of individuals with problematic internet use Export

@article{citeulike:5972980, abstract = {Background: Problematic internet use has been described in the psychological literature as 'internet addiction' and 'pathological internet use'. However, there are no studies using face-to-face standardized psychiatric evaluations to identify behavioral characteristics, psychiatric comorbidity or family psychiatric history of individuals with this behavior. Methods: Twenty individuals with problematic internet use were evaluated. Problematic internet use was defined as (1) uncontrollable, (2) markedly distressing, time-consuming or resulting in social, occupational or financial difficulties and (3) not solely present during hypomanic or manic symptoms. Evaluations included a semistructured interview about subjects' internet use, the Structured Clinical Interview for Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders-IV (SCID-IV), family psychiatric history and the Yale–Brown Obsessive–Compulsive Scale (Y-BOCS) modified for internet use. Results: All (100\%) subjects' problematic internet use met DSM-IV criteria for an impulse control disorder (ICD) not otherwise specified (NOS). All 20 subjects had at least one lifetime DSM-IV Axis I diagnosis in addition to their problematic internet use (mean±SD=5.1±3.5 diagnoses); 14 (70.0\%) had a lifetime diagnosis of bipolar disorder (with 12 having bipolar I disorder). Limitations: Methodological limitations of this study included its small sample size, evaluation of psychiatric diagnoses by unblinded investigators, and lack of a control group. Conclusions: Problematic internet use may be associated with subjective distress, functional impairment and Axis I psychiatric disorders.}, author = {Shapira, N.}, citeulike-article-id = {5972980}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0165-0327(99)00107-X}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0165-0327(99)00107-X}, doi = {10.1016/S0165-0327(99)00107-X}, issn = {01650327}, journal = {Journal of Affective Disorders}, keywords = {addiction, dsm, internet, mentalhealth}, month = {March}, number = {1-3}, pages = {267--272}, posted-at = {2009-10-20 05:05:30}, priority = {2}, title = {Psychiatric features of individuals with problematic internet use}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0165-0327(99)00107-X}, volume = {57}, year = {2000} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:5972980 L3 - citeulike-article-id:5972980 N2 - Background: Problematic internet use has been described in the psychological literature as ‘internet addiction’ and ‘pathological internet use’. However, there are no studies using face-to-face standardized psychiatric evaluations to identify behavioral characteristics, psychiatric comorbidity or family psychiatric history of individuals with this behavior. Methods: Twenty individuals with problematic internet use were evaluated. Problematic internet use was defined as (1) uncontrollable, (2) markedly distressing, time-consuming or resulting in social, occupational or financial difficulties and (3) not solely present during hypomanic or manic symptoms. Evaluations included a semistructured interview about subjects’ internet use, the Structured Clinical Interview for Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders-IV (SCID-IV), family psychiatric history and the Yale–Brown Obsessive–Compulsive Scale (Y-BOCS) modified for internet use. Results: All (100%) subjects’ problematic internet use met DSM-IV criteria for an impulse control disorder (ICD) not otherwise specified (NOS). All 20 subjects had at least one lifetime DSM-IV Axis I diagnosis in addition to their problematic internet use (mean±SD=5.1±3.5 diagnoses); 14 (70.0%) had a lifetime diagnosis of bipolar disorder (with 12 having bipolar I disorder). Limitations: Methodological limitations of this study included its small sample size, evaluation of psychiatric diagnoses by unblinded investigators, and lack of a control group. Conclusions: Problematic internet use may be associated with subjective distress, functional impairment and Axis I psychiatric disorders. IS - 1-3 JF - Journal of Affective Disorders SN - 01650327 EP - 272 TI - Psychiatric features of individuals with problematic internet use VL - 57 SP - 267 KW - addiction KW - dsm KW - internet KW - mentalhealth AU - Shapira, N PY - 2000/03// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0165-0327(99)00107-X ER -