Its aim is to assess the extent of internet addiction, and to define a standardised classification of the syndrome. “There is a drive in the field now to standardise the criteria with which to ...

The Internet is a marvelous tool that allows us to connect to others, access a world of information, and order pizza at all hours of the day or night. However, excessive use of the Internet can lead ...

A recent study by Professor Phil Reed and his colleagues published in the Journal of Clinical Psychiatry provided some experimental evidence that internet addicts may be conditioned by what they view ...

In the United States, internet addiction isn’t included in the DSM-V — the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, the standard classification of mental disorders used by mental health ...

How often do you tell your kids they don’t know how lucky they are? Do you say things like, “When I was young we didn’t have no dang fool Intertubes and online games?” and then force them to go ...

Researchers out of Spain and Italy report a globally pooled Internet Gaming Disorder prevalence of 6.1% among adults ages ...

CINCINNATI (Reuters) - When Danny Reagan was 13, he began exhibiting signs of what doctors usually associate with drug addiction. He became agitated, secretive and withdrew from friends. He had quit ...

Gaming is a neutral hobby by design, but the culture of video games can be ethically gray, predatory and exploitative of young people and adolescents. The authors of a new book on Internet gaming ...

Mindfulness meditation may help people struggling with concurrent depression and Internet gaming disorder, according to a study. Guang-Heng Dong and colleagues treated 59 people with depression and ...

Kimberly S. Young is a clinical psychologist who has been working on what she calls Internet addiction since the mid-1990s. In 1996, she acknowledged that “the term ...