Psychopathological issues of technological addiction: new diagnostic criteria for addiction.
All forms of addiction (drug addiction, food addiction, sexual addiction, technological addiction, work addiction) are syndromic conditions characterized by a recurrent and reiterated search for pleasure derived from a specific dependence behavior, associated with abuse, craving, clinically significant stress, and compulsive dependence actions despite the possible negative consequences. The purpose of this article is to propose a new diagnostic criteria of addiction.
Caretti
Vincenzo
V
Department of Psychology, University of Palermo, Italy.
Craparo
Giuseppe
G
D016739:Behavior, Addictive / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders