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S: Addrecov – http://www.addictionrecov.org/Addictions/index.aspx?AID=43 (last access: 26 January 2016); NCBI – http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3480687/ (last access: 26 January 2016).
N: 1. From word-forming element “cyber-” (ultimately from cybernetics (q.v.); it enjoyed explosive use with the rise of the internet early 1990s; one researcher (Nagel) counted 104 words formed from it by 1994) and word “addiction” (c. 1600, “tendency, inclination, penchant” -a less severe sense now obsolete-; 1640s as “state of being (self)-addicted” to a habit, pursuit, etc., from Latin addictionem -nominative addictio- “an awarding, a delivering up,” noun of action from past-participle stem of addicere “to deliver, award; devote, consecrate, sacrifice”; in the sense “compulsion and need to take a drug as a result of prior use of it” from 1906, in reference to opium -there is an isolated instance from 1779 with reference to tobacco-).
Cyberpunk (by 1986) and cyberspace (1982) were among the earliest. The Oxford English Dictionary 2nd edition (1989) has only cybernetics and its related forms, and cybernation “theory, practice, or condition of control by machines” (1962).
2. Internet addiction is described as an impulse control disorder, which does not involve use of an intoxicating drug and is very similar to pathological gambling. Some Internet users may develop an emotional attachment to on-line friends and activities they create on their computer screens. Internet users may enjoy aspects of the Internet that allow them to meet, socialize, and exchange ideas through the use of chat rooms, social networking websites, or “virtual communities.” Other Internet users spend endless hours researching topics of interest Online or “blogging”. Blogging is a contraction of the term “Web log”, in which an individual will post commentaries and keep regular chronicle of events. It can be viewed as journaling and the entries are primarily textual.
3. Similar to other addictions, those suffering from Internet addiction use the virtual fantasy world to connect with real people through the Internet, as a substitution for real-life human connection, which they are unable to achieve normally.
4. 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% . There are several reviews addressing the definition, classification, assessment, epidemiology, and co-morbidity of IAD and some reviews 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).
S: 1. OED – https://www.etymonline.com/search?q=cyber-; https://www.etymonline.com/search?q=addiction (last access: 26 January 2016). 2 & 3. http://www.addictionrecov.org/Addictions/index.aspx?AID=43 (last access: 26 January 2016). 4. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3480687/ (last access: 26 January 2016).
SYN: cyberaddiction, Net addiction, Netaholism, cyberholism, pathological Internet use, PIU.
S: GDT – http://www.granddictionnaire.com/ficheOqlf.aspx?Id_Fiche=2074984 (last access: 26 January 2016)
CR: addiction, nomophobia.
