Is Internet Addiction Really the 'New' Mental Disorder?

Is Internet Addiction Really the 'New' Mental Disorder?

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I was a bit mystified at Alice G. Walton's piece on Forbes today about the “new” mental disorder, Internet Addiction Disorder (traditionally called IAD, but the DSM-5 draft has confusingly renamed it the unfortunate Internet Use Disorder, or IUD). As …
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Addiction or support?

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Last week I spoke about the concept of internet addiction and how the American Psychiatric Association (APA) would be recognising it as a cause of depression as from next year. Around 10 million children are considered to be internet addicts. – Kathryn …
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What Is Internet Use Disorder?

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That means they haven't decided yet whether IUD is a legitimate diagnosis requiring treatment, but might do so in the future. So, what are the symptoms of this potentially diagnosable mental health problem … Some have argued that diagnoses of …
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Internet Addiction – A person new to the internet becomes addicted.

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Is there a Internet addiction help group? – by Dramallamaling (Laura Derricutt)