Internet addiction
Recently considered for inclusion in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual for Mental Health Disorders, Internet Addiction is a growing problem in modern cultures. Teens become enmeshed in role-playing games and adults may become addicted to online pornography or gambling. Internet use is considered an addiction when it becomes more important to the person than normal life experiences and it begins to interfere with relationships, family responsibilities, school, or work.
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A Web Addiction Can Alter Your Brain
There have been multitudinous studies which show that persons who are addicted to substances actually undergo physical/chemical changes to the brain. But what about people who experience behavioral addictions such as gambling, video gaming, or internet use? Do such behavioral addictions impact the brain in any way? If so, how? A recent study conducted in China attempted to discover the answer to that question. Continue Reading
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Teenagers Losing Important Sleep Patterns Due to Excessive Technology Use
According to a recent report from New Delhi, many teenagers are spending such excessive amounts of time involved with some form of technology that they are developing resulting health problems. Devices such as cell phones, computers and video games are causing teenagers to lose healthy sleep patterns resulting in depression and obesity, highlighted a recent news article. Continue Reading
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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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Video Game Addiction Can Be Deadly; Addicts Can Play for Hours Without Stopping
Increasing numbers of adults are staying up to the wee hours on their computers playing video games, leading to the destruction of their families, careers and personal lives – even serious and deadly neglect of their children. Continue Reading
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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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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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Internet Addiction Linked to Increased Self-Harm among Teens
Internet addiction has been found to double the normal levels of self-harm among high-school students, according to a new study. However, the researchers say it is not clear that the addiction led to self-injury, and that both behaviors may be symptoms of a deeper problem—a lack of self-control.
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John Mayer’s Addiction to Twitter Reportedly Caused Breakup with Jennifer Aniston
According to Star magazine, sources close to actress Jennifer Aniston say that her former boyfriend John Mayer was addicted to Twitter, ignoring Aniston’s phone calls and emails in favor of spending hours on the social media site.
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How Addictive Are Social Media Sites?
Most people feel a little anxious after a period of time without access to a cell phone or computer, but some people can’t even go 5 minutes without texting, Tweeting, or checking their Facebook page. A recent Gadgetology study by Retrevo.com, a consumer electronics shopping site, set out to discover how much control social media has over people’s lives.
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