Effecs of the digital technology use in the and the mind. Analysis of evidences and proposals
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.20882/adicciones.516Keywords:
Internet, addiction, definition, criteria, DSM-IVAbstract
In the second part of the years ’90 were published some articles about a "new problem" that the mass media have named IAD acronyms of Internet Addiction Disorders. This acronyms used by mass media where unfortunately have met success instead of the scientific studies have anecdotic. The aim. In this article the AA present a first proposal of a five-point definition of this "new problem", a review of the evidences about this problem and six criteria that the research may follow in the future. Method. First: the AA have proposed a five point definition of this "new problem". Second: they have searched in the on line database the evidence that study this "new problem". Third: the AA have chosen some variables (technology, problem, methodology) with which the evidences founded have been read and each evidence has been screened with those three kind of variables. Forth: the screened variables have been added and commented. Output. A first point is that is possible to identify a second generation of studies on the association/correlation between DTU (Digital Technology Users) and the effects on the brain and the psyche like mental disease. Those studies inquire cohorts of DTU using the golden standard instruments and this has to be a point of no return. The second point is that though DTU population studied is small and not homogeneous, there are evidences about DSM-IV Axis I and II disease. About the problem of dependence/addiction there is a problem to understand. At the moment, with DSM-IV/ICD-10 is possible to make a diagnosis of "dependence" only with "substances". There are some anecdotic evidences that showed a problem of "dependence/addiction" in DTU. Considerations. The AA propose six criteria that the future studies have to be made with. There really is a need to organize international studies following the six criteria proposed.References
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