Srpski arhiv za celokupno lekarstvo 2009 Volume 137, Issue 1-2, Pages: 86-90
https://doi.org/10.2298/SARH0902086P
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Internet addiction: A case report
Pejović-Milovančević Milica (Institut za mentalno zdravlje, Beograd)
Popović-Deušić Smiljka (Institut za mentalno zdravlje, Beograd)
Draganić-Gajić Saveta (Institut za mentalno zdravlje, Beograd)
Lečić-Toševski Dušica (Institut za mentalno zdravlje, Beograd)
Some addictions cannot be connected with substance abuse (pathological) gambling, video games playing, binge eating, compulsive physical activity, emotional relationship addiction, TV addiction). Since 1995, Internet addiction has been accepted as a clinical entity with profound negative effect on social, familial, educational and economical personal functioning. The diagnosis of Internet addiction could be established if the person spends more than 38 hours per week on the Internet exempting online professional needs. Basic symptoms are the increased number of hours spent in front of the computer along with the Internet use, development of abstinent syndrome if the Internet access is prohibited, sleep inversion, neglect of basic social requirements and personal hygiene, many somatic symptoms developed due to prolonged sitting or monitor watching, dissocial behavior. In this paper, data about the Internet addiction are presented and a case report of an adolescent with developed Internet addiction.
Keywords: Internet, addiction, adolescents, prevention
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