Latest Internet addiction disorder Stories

The Internet Addiction Risk Packet is now available at no cost to interested parties. Researched and authored by Michael Nuccitelli Psy.D., C.F.C., a New York State licensed psychologist and certified forensic consultant, the Internet Addiction Packet includes his Internet Addiction Risk Checklist (IARC) and Internet Addiction Overview article. Poughkeepsie, New York (PRWEB) May 29, 2013 Internet Addiction is one of a plethora of terms being used to describe a child or adult’s potential...

The Internet Addiction Risk Checklist (IARC) has been released, by iPredator Inc., to review and download at no cost. Researched and authored by Michael Nuccitelli Psy.D., C.F.C., a New York State licensed psychologist and certified forensic consultant, interested parties are welcomed to download his Internet Addiction Risk Checklist (IARC) designed to assist parents, educators, professionals and all online users the psychopathological called Internet Addiction (aka Internet Use Disorder,...

Internet Addiction & Internet Use Gaming Disorder are two hotly debated issues being discussed now that the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-V) is formally being released to the professional community and public. Researched, aggregated and authored by Michael Nuccitelli Psy.D., C.F.C., a New York State licensed psychologist and certified forensic consultant, interested parties are welcomed to download his Internet Addiction webpage article at no cost and...

Michael Harper for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Online The word ‘addiction’ was once reserved for the hardest and most dangerous of substances, and typically elicited an image of a person in a helpless and deplorable state of existence. Psychologists have since been testing the boundaries of this definition, finding examples of Internet addiction, gambling addictions and addictions to pornography and sex. Some have even discovered that the same portion of the brain that’s affected...

Problem Gambling: A New Understanding of a Community Concern (PRWEB) January 29, 2013 Problem gambling is now classified as a behavioral addiction, according to the soon to be released Diagnostic Statistical Manual, Fifth Edition (DSM-5) from the American Psychiatric Association. It was previously categorized as an impulse control disorder since its introduction into the DSMIII in 1980.     “This is significant,” says Keith Whyte, Executive Director of the...

Connie K. Ho for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Online It’s official – Internet addiction has been categorized as a mental disorder. While it may be difficult for some people to log off a social network, individuals who suffer from internet addiction have even stronger feelings of depression and moodiness. According to the Daily Mail, Internet addition was recently included in a list of mental disorders affecting children. With Internet use disorder, children do not have the...

Michael Harper for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Online The Internet is, generally speaking, a good thing. After all, this series of tubes provides us with a wealth of readily available information, an easy way to stay in touch with friends and relatives, innumerable opportunities for education and research, and, let’s not forget, pictures of cats. Like anything else in this world, one can have too much of a good thing, which can lead to addiction. Just like any addiction, an...

TEMECULA, Calif., Aug. 9, 2012 /PRNewswire-iReach/ -- The multi-billion dollar video game industry is in the business of creating fun and enticing games that can be addictive. As addicted gamers feast on digital indulgences, real life is neglected and their reality crumbles around them. Hooked on Games is written by Brooke Strickland and Andrew Doan, MD, PhD, a physician with a research background in neuroscience, who battled his own addictions with video games. Dr. Doan was an...

(Ivanhoe Newswire) – When one typically thinks of addictions, Internet Addiction Disorder may not be the first addiction that comes to mind. Internet Addiction Disorder or IAD, is characterized by an individual’s inability to control his/her Internet usage. Previous studies of IAD have heavily relied on psychological questionnaires to understand the disorder, but Hao Lei of the Chinese Academy of Sciences in Wuhan and his team, have found that IAD may be attributed to an abnormal white...

A new study, published in the January 11 issue of the online journal PLoS One, has linked addiction to online activity with changes in a person's brain not unlike those that occur in alcoholics or drug addicts. "Internet addiction disorder may be associated with abnormal white matter structure in the brain," the statement said. "These structural features may be linked to behavioral impairments, and may also provide a method to study and treat the disorder." As part of the study, Hao Lei...