Internet Use Disorder: DSM-5 - Diagnostic criteria/title> <meta charset="utf-8"> <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0"> <meta name="description" content="Despite all criticism, the American Psychiatric Association (APA) included the Internet-Gaming-Disorder as a condition redommended for further study in the 5th revision of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, DSM-5."> <meta name="keywords" content="Internet Use Disorder, DSM-5, criteria, Internet Gaming Disorder, Web Dependency, Internet Addicition Disorder, IAD."> <meta name="author" content="Dr. Michael Elze, Dr. Sandra Elze"> <meta name="copyright" content="Dr. Michael Elze">  <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="https://psychotherapie-online.info/style/style.css"> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="https://psychotherapie-online.info/style/style-fi.css"> </head> <body>  <main itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/MedicalCondition"> <meta itemprop="name" content="Internet Use Disorder"> <meta itemprop="alternateName" content="Internet Gaming Disorder"> <meta itemprop="alternateName" content="Web Dependency"> <meta itemprop="alternateName" content="Internet Addicition">  <article itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Article"> <meta itemprop="name" content="Internet Use Disorder: DSM-5"> <meta itemprop="description" content="Despite all criticism, the American Psychiatric Association (APA) included the Internet-Gaming-Disorder as a condition redommended for further study in the 5th revision of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, DSM-5.">  <header> <h1 itemprop="headline">Internet Use Disorder: DSM-5</h1> <meta itemprop="datePublished" content="2009-10-04"> <meta itemprop="author" content="Dr. Michael Elze, Dr. Sandra Elze"> <span itemprop="publisher" itemtype="http://schema.org/Organization" itemscope=""> <meta itemprop="name" content="Dr. Elze"> <a itemprop="url" href="https://dr-elze.de" class="sr-only">Dr-Elze.de <span itemprop="logo" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/ImageObject"> <img class="nodisplay" itemprop="url" src="https://dr-elze.de/images/psychotherapie-elze.png" alt="Psychotherapie Dr. Elze">Dr. Elze </span> </a> </span> </header>  <p> Despite all criticism, the <strong>American Psychiatric Association (APA)</strong> included the <strong>Internet Gaming Disorder</strong> as a condition “redommended for further study” in the 5th revision of the <strong>Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, DSM-5</strong>. </p>  <aside class="references" itemprop="citation"> <h2>References</h2> <h3><a id="internet-diagnosis" class="anchor3"></a>Internet Use Disorder: Diagnosis</h3> <ul> <li><a id="beard-2001" class="anchor4"></a>Beard KW, Wolf EM (2001). <cite>Modification in the Proposed Diagnostic Criteria for Internet Addiction.</cite> Cyberpsychol Behav 4(3): 377-83.<br> <a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11710263" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><i>Abstract >></i></a></li> <li><a id="black-1999" class="anchor4"></a>Black DW, Belsare G, Schlosser S (1999). <cite>Clinical features, psychiatric comorbidity, and health-related quality of life in persons reporting compulsive computer use behavior.</cite> J Clin Psychiatry 60(12): 839-44.<br> <a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10665630" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><i>Abstract >></i></a></li> <li><a id="block-2008" class="anchor4"></a>Block JJ (2008). <cite>Issues for DSM-V: Internet addiction.</cite> Am J Psychiatry 165(3): 306-7.</li> <li><a id="dowling-2009" class="anchor4"></a>Dowling NA, Quirk KL (2009). <cite>Screening for Internet dependence: do the proposed diagnostic criteria differentiate normal from dependent Internet use?</cite> Cyberpsychol Behav 12(1): 21-7.<br> <a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19196045" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><i>Abstract >></i></a></li> <li><a id="kratzer-2008" class="anchor4"></a>Kratzer S, Hegerl U (2008). <cite>Ist “Internetsucht” eine eigenständige Erkrankung? Eine Untersuchung von Menschen mit exzessiver Internetnutzung.</cite> Psychiatr Prax 35(2): 80-3.<br> <a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17546534" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><i>Abstract >></i></a></li> <li><a id="pies-2009" class="anchor4"></a>Pies R (2009). <cite>Should DSM-V designate “Internet addiction” a mental disorder?</cite> Psychiatry 6(2 ): 31-7.<br> <a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2719452/pdf/PE_6_02_31.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><i>Full text (pdf) >></i></a></li> <li><a id="shapira-2003" class="anchor4"></a>Shapira NA, Lessig MC, Goldsmith TD, Szabo ST, Lazoritz M, Gold MS, Stein DJ (2003). <cite>Problematic internet use: proposed classification and diagnostic criteria.</cite> Depress Anxiety 17(4): 207-16.<br> <a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12820176" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><i>Abstract >></i></a></li> <li><a id="tao-2010" class="anchor4"></a>Tao R, Huang X, Wang J, Zhang H, Zhang Y, Li M (2010). <cite>Proposed diagnostic criteria for internet addiction.</cite> Addiction 105(3): 556-64.<br> <a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20403001" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><i>Abstract >></i></a><br> <a href="http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1360-0443.2009.02828.x/pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><i>Full text (pdf) >></i></a></li> <li><a id="weinstein-2010" class="anchor4"></a>Weinstein A, Lejoyeux M (2010). <cite>Internet addiction or excessive Internet use.</cite> The American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse. 36(5): 277-83.<br> <a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20545603" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><i>Abstract >></i></a></li> </ul> <h3><a id="internet-dsm5" class="anchor3"></a>DSM-5</h3> <ul> <li><a id="apa-2012" class="anchor4"></a>American Psychiatric Association, APA (2012). <cite>American Psychiatric Association Board of Trustees Approves DSM-5.</cite> Arlington: APA News Release.</li> <li><a id="apa-2013" class="anchor4"></a>American 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