An international consensus for assessing internet gaming disorder using the new<scp>DSM</scp>‐5 approach

M. Petry, Nancy; Rehbein, Florian; A. Gentile, Douglas; S. Lemmens, Jeroen; Rumpf, Hans‐Jürgen; Mößle, Thomas; Bischof, Gallus; Tao, Ran; Fung, Daniel; Borges, Guilherme; Auriacombe, Marc; González Ibáñez, Ángels; Tam, Philip; P. O’Brien, Charles

doi:10.1111/add.12457

Public

An international consensus for assessing internet gaming disorder using the newDSM‐5 approach

Published in Addiction • Jan 23, 2014

Authors:

Nancy M. Petry

Florian Rehbein

Douglas A. Gentile

Abstract

AIMS: For the first time, the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual for Mental Disorders (DSM-5) introduces non-substance addictions as psychiatric diagnoses. The aims of this paper are to (i) present the main controversies surrounding the decision to include internet gaming disorder, but not internet a...

Subject

The Internet

Psychology

Computer science

Finding related papers...

Discussions

(0)

No comments yet

Be the first to share your thoughts!