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Resources for the Public

  • What makes the internet so attractive to young people?

    Dr. Philip Tam regularly gives workshops and presentations about Problematic Internet Use and practical advice on its treatment, to both a general and a professional audience. These have been very well-received, and you can view Dr. Tam developing some of his key points by visiting the following video links.

    22.11.2011
    Dr. Philip Tam
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Resources for Professionals

  • Proposed diagnostic criteria for internet addiction

    The objective of this study was to develop diagnostic criteria for internet addiction disorder (IAD) and to evaluate the validity of our proposed diagnostic criteria for discriminating non-dependent from dependent internet use in the general population.

    10.11.2011 Ran Tao, Xiuqin Huang, Jinan Wang, Huimin Zhang, Ying Zhang & Mengchen Li
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