News Stories Related To: Internet Addiction - A Mental Disorder?
By: RoiBen-Yehuda 
The Ottaw Citizen is reporting on recent efforts to recognize and include internet addiction into psychiatry's official guidebook of mental disorders (The Diagnostic and Statistical...
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- News Source: Independent | 9 months agoIt called for the recognition of internet addiction as a psychiatric disorder. This plea was made by Dr Jerald J Block, a psychiatrist from Portland, Oregon. It was directed at the American Psychiatric Association, the body charged with updating the..
- News Source: New Zealand Herald | 9 months agoInternet addiction is now a serious public health issue that should be officially recognised as a clinical disorder, according to a leading psychiatrist. Excessive gaming, viewing online pornography, emailing and text messaging have been identified...
- News Source: Leader Post Online | 9 months agoBlock says people can lose all track of time or neglect "basic drives," like eating or sleeping. Block says about 86 per cent of Internet addicts have some other form of mental illness, but that unless a therapist is looking for it, Internet...
- News Source: Sydney Morning Herald | 9 months agoJerald Block, writing in the latest issue of the American Journal Of Psychiatry , said "internet addiction" was a "common disorder" that deserved inclusion in a manual of mental disorders used by health professionals. Those with the condition...
- News Source: Rediff | 9 months agoYou may be ill March 26, 2008 17:33 IST If you are one of those who send excessive emails and text messages, then chances are that you are suffering from a mental illness, according to a new research. The new research suggests that people, who leave..
- News Source: Fox News | 9 months agoYou May Be Mentally Ill Tuesday, March 25, 2008 People who send excessive texts and e-mails may have a mental illness, according to an article in a leading psychiatric journal. As more people leave the office computer, only to log on as soon as they..
- News Source: Rediff | 9 months agoInternet addiction can make you sick March 24, 2008 13:34 IST If you are an internet addict, it is high time you visit a psychiatrist. Addiction to online gaming, e-mailing, chatting and viewing porn can lead to mental health problems and therefore...
- News Source: Guardian Unlimited | 9 months agoInternet addiction is now a serious public health issue that should be officially recognised as a clinical disorder, according to a leading psychiatrist. Excessive gaming, viewing online pornography, emailing and text messaging have been identified...
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