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Four out of Five Parents Worry about Social Network Addictions
With our teenagers growing up in such a fast-paced world of constant changes in technology, it’s no wonder most parents are worried about their children’s social networking habits. Continue Reading
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Internet Addiction Can Have a Lasting Impact
An Internet addiction can be described as an excessive use of the Internet that interferes with the activities of daily life. With our children spending an increasing amount of their influential years online, are they becoming addicted? Will this habit carry into adulthood?
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Does Internet Addiction Truly Exist?
While excess computer time has certainly become a topic of debate, it has others wondering if the word “addiction” is being taken too far. Continue Reading
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The Use of Facebook and Facebook Addiction Disorder (FAD)
While not an official diagnosis recognized in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders used in psychiatry, Facebook Addiction Disorder (FAD) is becoming more recognized among providers of mental health services. Sometimes called Facebook Addiction Syndrome (FAS), this condition is generally considered to relate to the use of other social media sites besides Facebook as well.
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Withdrawals from Technology not Unlike Drug Withdrawals
Smart phones, TV, e-mail, Facebook, Twitter, the Internet……what did we do to keep ourselves occupied before these things were introduced into our lives? Do kids these days even know what it is to play outside or go to the library? Our world has definitely changed by leaps and bounds with the rapid influx of technology into homes across the globe. But have we gone too far?
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The Internet, Our Newest Addiction
We are all familiar with alcohol and drug addiction. But what about a pure addiction to the Internet itself? Internet addiction represents the newest addiction of the 21st century. Aside from porn, it can come in the form of gambling, shopping, ID theft, and cyber bullying to name a few. It often flies beneath the radar because the addition of the Internet into our lives is viewed as an indispensable, modern Godsend.
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The Many Dangers of Online Gaming Addiction
A 22-year-old woman from Jacksonville, Florida, admitted to shaking her 3-month-old son to death after his crying interrupted her game of FarmVille, a social networking game that gained popularity through Facebook. Alexandra Tobias is facing a possible life sentence in the January death of her son, Dylan Lee Edmondson. She told investigators that she shook him to try to stop his crying, smoked a cigarette to calm down, and then shook him again, which caused him to hit his head.
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Online Addictions Run Rampant in the U.S.
Online Addictions Run Rampant in the U.S.
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China Facing Growing Web Addiction Problem
Internet addiction appears to be a large and growing problem in China. A PC World article reported that the number of young Chinese individuals addicted to the online world has jumped to 24 million last year.
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Internet Addiction Strongly Linked to Depression
UK psychologists report that there is a strong link between heavy internet use and depression. The study, published in the journal Psychopathology, found that 1.2% of people surveyed were addicted to the Internet, and many of them were depressed.
The BBC reports that the Leeds University team stressed that they could not say one necessarily caused the other, and that most internet users did not suffer mental health problems.
The conclusions were based on 1,319 responses to an online questionnaire, and participants were recruited via links on social networking sites. Participants were asked how much they used the internet and for what purposes. They were also asked a series of questions to assess whether they suffered from depression.
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