Playing a dangerous game?

Filed under: internet addiction help

Some Asian countries have implemented online gaming restrictions – including around age, length of sessions and spending – and some have also set up dedicated internet or gaming addiction treatment facilities, predominantly for teenaged boys and young …
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Is "nature's speedball" the latest South Florida drug craze?

Filed under: internet addiction help

However, it is marketed on the Internet as 'alternative medicine' for use as a painkiller, medicine for diarrhea, and other ailments and for the treatment of opiate addiction," says the DEA's drug fact sheet on kratom. Very little is known about the …
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Exploring the Public Bank Option

Filed under: internet addiction help

… Robert Bryce explodes the fallacies behind the wind power industry. THEY'RE WATCHING EVERYTHING YOU DO: internet usage, credit card transactions, gas purchases, travel patterns, work habits. … Unblocking this is key to helping the recovery gain …
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DSM-5 Is a Guide Not a Bible: Simply Ignore Its Ten Worst Changes

Filed under: internet addiction help

Watch out for careless overdiagnosis of Internet and sex addiction and the development of lucrative treatment programs to exploit these new markets. 9) DSM-5 obscures the already fuzzy boundary been Generalized Anxiety Disorder and the worries of …
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