Aim Internet gaming disorder (IGD) is a serious disorder leading to and maintaining
pertinent personal and social impairment. IGD has to be considered in view of …

COVID-19 has caused obstacles in continuing normal life almost everywhere in the world by
causing the implementation of social distancing and eventually imposing the lockdown. This …

Within the last two decades, many studies have addressed the clinical phenomenon of
Internet-use disorders, with a particular focus on Internet-gaming disorder. Based on …

The aim of this study is to investigate the relationship between alexithymia and Internet
Gaming Disorder (IGD)(while controlling for depression and anxiety), explore the presence …

There is evidence that the neural mechanisms underlying Internet Gaming Disorder (IGD)
resemble those of drug addiction. Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI) studies of …

While recent data suggest a high prevalence of adolescent with Internet gaming disorder,
little is known about interpersonal factors that contributes or protect to this disorder. Thus, the …

Aims: In the last 5 years a deluge of articles on the topic of Internet addiction (IA) has
proposed many candidate symptoms as evidence of this proposed disease. We critically …

Many recognize that several behaviors potentially affecting the reward circuitry in human
brains lead to a loss of control and other symptoms of addiction in at least some individuals …

The role of digital technology in sha** attention and cognitive development has been at
the centre of public discourse for decades. The current review presents findings from three …

Not everyone who experiments with substance use or risky behavior becomes addicted, and
many who are addicted have been able to recover. This authoritative book, now revised and …