Latest Internet addiction disorder Stories
An Illinois hospital has created an in-patient facility to treat Internet addicts. The Illinois Institute for Addiction Recovery in Peoria, Ill., said it is the only in-patient facility in the United States that offers treatment for Internet addiction, ABC News reported Thursday. Therapist Tonya Camacho said someone who is addicted to the computer will get the same "high" as a drug addict headed to see a drug dealer. "Both are escapes from the real world," she told ABC News. Patients meet...
By Ken Hoffman, Houston Chronicle Aug. 4--So far, I've managed to avoid becoming a drug addict, gambling addict or food addict. I'm not an alcoholic, shopaholic, chocoholic or -- ask anybody -- workaholic. I don't play golf, video games or fantasy football. I don't watch soap operas. I don't smoke cigarettes. I stay away from things that could hook me. I'd make a pretty terrific monk, except the vow of silence might hinder my moonlighting job as a radio-talk-show host. Some listeners...
By Alonzo Weston, St. Joseph News-Press, Mo. Aug. 3--If an Oregon psychiatrist has his way, excessive Internet surfing, text messaging and e-mailing would be considered a mental illness. And it would be one officially recognized and included in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSMV), the psychoanalyst's bible. But some local mental health providers disagree. They say they haven't seen any actual cases of Internet addiction. And what can be considered Internet...
The author of a book on Internet addiction says that 5 to 10 percent of the U.S. population is hooked with larger percentages in other countries addicted. Kimberly Young, clinical director of the Center for Internet Addiction Recovery, told Medill News Service that many addicts are hooked on one particular aspect of the Internet. The major ones include online gambling and gaming, sex sites, compulsive surfers and even addiction to eBay. Coleen Moore of the Illinois Center for Addiction...
By Fortson, Beverly L Scotti, Joseph R; Chen, Yi-Chuen; Malone, Judith; Ben, Kevin S Del Abstract. Objective: To assess Internet use, abuse, and dependence. Participants: 411 undergraduate students. Results: Ninety percent of participants reported daily Internet use. Approximately half of the sample met criteria for Internet abuse, and one-quarter met criteria for Internet dependence. Men and women did not differ on the mean amount of time accessing the Internet each day; however, the...
ZURICH (Reuters) - Switzerland's financial capital of Zurich warned Internet users on Tuesday about the dangers of addiction to chat rooms and sex sites.The canton's Department for the Prevention of Addiction has launched a poster campaign and offers a self-assessment questionnaire for potential addicts on its website."Spending lots of time in virtual worlds, especially chat rooms, online games and sex sites, can lead to a dependence comparable to other addictions," the department...
NEW YORKÂ -- For some, the Internet it has become an addiction, adversely affecting their lives and their family's lives.While not yet defined as a true addiction, many people are suffering the consequences of obsession with the online world, warns Dr. Diane M. Wieland, who treats patients with computer addiction in her practice in Lansdale, Pennsylvania.For some people, the Internet may promote addictive behaviors and pseudo-intimate interpersonal relationships, reports Wieland in the...
