At least one person has proposed adding internet addiction to the DSM, ye large tome of mental disorders.
In the March issue of the American Journal of Psychiatry, Jerald Block proposed that Web abuse be added to his field's bible, the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders. Block cites research from South Korea, where, he says, the affliction is considered a serious public health problem, and the government estimates that 168,000 children may require psychotropic medications. In China, the Beijing Military Region Central Hospital puts the number of teenage pathological computer users at 10 million.
We've been onto this internet addiction idea for years. Many previous posts from here.
(thanks to Todd Bryant for the nudge)
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