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Internet addiction disorder

Excessive internet usage that causes psychological disorders

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 24, 2026
Entity authoritySource title only
Source-derived summary

Internet addiction disorder (IAD), also called problematic Internet use (PIU), is characterized by excessive or poorly controlled preoccupations, urges, or behaviors regarding computer use and Internet access that lead to impairment or distress. There is concern that increased access to the Internet among young people may cause students' academic performance to decline. Some experience health consequences from loss of sleep as they stay up to continue scrolling, chatting, and gaming.

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The public source identifies “Internet addiction disorder” as excessive internet usage that causes psychological disorders. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Internet, addiction and disorder.

Editorial reviewA dependable orientation record for establishing vocabulary, names and a first evidence trail. The current 70-word lead offers orientation but no explicit four-digit date, so chronology should not be assumed. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Internet, addiction and disorder providing the first useful test.
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A short description can identify a subject without explaining its stakes. For “Internet addiction disorder”, the useful work is to connect “excessive internet usage that causes psychological disorders” to the records capable of establishing context and consequence.

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Vocabulary and entity names are the principal evidence signals here, because they determine the precision of every later search. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 24, 2026.

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This entry incorporates text from “Internet addiction disorder” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.