Internet Addicts

Internet Addiction: A Public Health Crisis?

Michael Friedman, L.M.S.W. | Posted 06.22.2011

Read More: Mental Health, Addicted to the Internet, Web Addiction, Internet Addicts, Addiction & Recovery, Internet Addiction, Home News
Michael Friedman, L.M.S.W.

There are concerns that large numbers of people have become "Internet addicts" and that the Internet is dehumanizing us. Despite the credibility of some of the people who raise these concerns, the evidence is anything but conclusive.

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Study: Students ADDICTED To Social Media

Huffington Post | Leah Finnegan | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Internet Youth, Social Media Addiction, How Students Get News, Students Addicted Internet, Maryland Social Media Study, Student News Consumption, Social Media Study, Students Social Media, Youth Social Media, Social Media News, Internet Addicts, Facebook, Students Social Media Study, College News

According to a new study out of the University of Maryland, students are addicted to social media, and computers and smartphones deliver their drug. ...

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South Korea Internet Addicts Let Child Starve While They Raised Virtual Child

AP | SANGWON YOON | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: South Korea Gaming Addiction, Video Game Addiction, Internet Addicts, South Korea Internet Addiction, South Korea Gaming, Internet Addiction, Video Gaming Addicts, Video Gaming Addiction, Video Game Addicts, Technology News

SEOUL, South Korea — Day and night, Lee Mi-hwa's son stays on his computer, slaying dragons in his online fantasy world while his dinner and hom...

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Gadget Addicts Pay A Mental Price

nytimes.com | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Brain on Computers, Tech Distraction, Brain on Tech, Internet Addicts, Tech Addicts, Internet Addiction, Technology News

Scientists say juggling e-mail, phone calls and other incoming information can change how people think and behave. They say our ability to focus is be...

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Couple Let Baby Starve To Death While Raising Virtual Baby Online

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Online Gaming, Child Neglect, Internet Addicts, South Korea, Internet Addict South Korea, Second Life, Internet Addiction, Prius Online, Korea, World News

A Korean couple allowed their child to starve to death because of their addiction to raising a 'virtual' child in a Second-Life-style game online know...

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Internet Addicts: China Bans Corporal Punishment In Web Rehab

tech.yahoo.com | Posted 05.25.2011

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BEIJING (AFP) -China has issued rules banning the beating and confinement of youths being treated for Internet addiction after revelations of abuse at...

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Teen Internet Addicts More Likely To Self Harm: Pull Hair, Pinch Selves, Hit Selves

msn.com | Posted 05.25.2011

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Teenagers who are addicted to the Internet are more likely to engage in self-harm behavior, according to an Australian-Chinese study. Researchers s...

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Internet Addiction Center Opens In U.S.

Guardian | Ed Pilkington | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Internet Addicts, Internet Use, Restart, Internet, Addiction & Recovery, Media News

If you have to take a quick break from reading this article to check your Blackberry, send a text or reboot your Xbox 360 before you reach the end of ...

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China Shock Therapy On Internet Addicts To Be Ended

AP | Henry Sanderson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Internet Addicts, China, Shock Therapy, Internet Addiction, China Shock Therapy, Home News

BEIJING (AP) -- China's Health Ministry has ordered a hospital to stop using electric shock therapy to cure youths of Internet addiction, saying there...

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Addicted to (Pretty)Porn: One Woman's Story

E. A. Hanks | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Prettyporn Addiction, Porn Addiction, Prettyporn Blogs, Internet Addicts, Fashion Online, Internet Addiction, Liz Hanks, Internet Fashion, Fashion, Prettyporn, Porn, E. A. Hanks, Style News
E. A. Hanks

I have a problem: I can't stop looking at porn. I can look at it for hours and I'm not satisfied. Worse, I think it's giving me unrealistic expectatio...

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Chinese Man Dies After Playing Internet Games For Three Days Straight

Reuters Via ZDNet | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Internet Games, Internet Addicts, Exhaustion, Media News

A Chinese man dropped dead after playing Internet games for three consecutive days, state media said on Monday, as China seeks to wean Internet addict...

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Report: One In Three Americans Would Give Up Sex, Friends For Web

Reuters | Belinda Goldsmith | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Internet Addicts, Web Surfing, Media News

Surfing the net has become an obsession for many Americans with the majority of U.S. adults feeling they cannot go for a week without going online and...

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