La adicción a Internet y al móvil: ¿moda o trastorno?

摘要: The Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) generate new styles of meeting people or connecting with friends strangers. In this context, the internet mobile phone deserve special attention. This article deals maladaptive use these technologies. By reviewing literature published between 1991 2005 indexed in databases PsycINFO, Medline, Psicodoc, IME, ISOC, we aim to determine whether technologies can be considered a mental disorder, if so, which type. We describe psychological phenomena phones, review research on prevalence possible risk groups, finally discuss some criticisms made regard existence classification disorder. It is concluded that excessive lead disorder addictive type, particularly affect individuals emotional needs, as well adolescents young adults. Among specific applications internet, major found for communicative synchronic applications, such chats online role games, since they permit hyperpersonal communication, playing different identities, projections dissociation without consequences real life. Furthermore, play an important development maintenance other addictions, pathological gambling sex addiction. contrast case phones may abuse, but not addiction, their does rapid changes identities take place games.