Question

Dr. ivan goldberg lightheartedly posted a diagnosis for _______________, which he described as a maladaptive pattern of internet use leading to clinically significant impairment or distress.

Answer 1

In 1995, Ivan Goldberg, a New York psychiatrist, published one of the first diagnostic tests for Internet Addiction Disorder. The criteria appeared on psycom.net, a psychiatry bulletin board, and began with an air of earnest authenticity: “A maladaptive pattern of Internet use, leading to clinically significant impairment or distress as manifested by three (or more) of the following.”


The answer is Internet Addiction Disorder.

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