Psychiatric News (2/9) reports, “Addiction to digital technology is bound to become an increasing focus of psychiatrists, wrote addiction psychiatrist Petros Levounis, MD, MA,” a professor and chair of the Department of Psychiatry and associate dean at Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, in a special report published on Feb. 1 in Psychiatric News. The diagnosis of “technological addictions accurately requires more research. ‘Only one technological addiction has been semi-officially recognized by APA as of DSM-5: internet gaming disorder is in Section III of our manual as a condition for further study,’” Dr. Levounis wrote. Still, Dr. “Levounis said that the framework used to define internet gaming disorder could be extended to other online behaviors that addiction specialists agree may be of concern: online gambling, online shopping, cybersex, internet surfing, texting/emailing, and social media.”
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— “Overuse of Digital Technology May Indicate Addiction, Expert Says, Psychiatric News, February 9, 2022