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Internet Addiction Could Be Classified As Mental Illness
Put down your laptop and listen up: The Ottawa Citizen is reporting that compulsive e-mailing and text messaging could soon become classified as an official brain illness.
This month's issue of American Journal of Psychiatry says Internet addiction -- which includes "excessive gaming, sexual pre-occupations and e-mail/text messaging" -- is a common compulsive-impulsive disorder, and that it should be added to psychiatry's official guidebook of mental disorders.
From Dr. Jerald Block, a psychiatrist at the Oregon Health and Science University in Portland, says people can lose all track of time or neglect "basic drives" (read: eating, sleeping, and the like). He says that relapse rates are high, and that some people may actually need psychoactive medications or hospitalization.
So look at yourself in the glow of your reflective monitor and ask, "Do I need help?"
And then promptly continue reading Switched.com and its affiliated Web sites. Thank you.
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Comments
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Subscribe to commentsJanonymousMar 18th 2008 2:36PM
I don't think this a mental illness as much as I think it's another addiction. People with addictive personalities tend to exchange one addiction for another many times. They also tend to have several addictions to keep them from feeling the anxiety that comes when they have to face the real issues of their lives which causes them to turn to addictions in the first place.
elMar 18th 2008 2:36PM
I LOVE the Net as I'm disabled so when my Husband's at work, I can pass the time surfing or researching or passing emails to friends I had in High School! I DO check my email regularly so I AM guity of that! Can't afford a Laptop yet so my 3 yt. old Dell fits the bill.
aprilMar 18th 2008 3:03PM
Well, if it can be classified as an illness, can I get disability and stay home online all day?
JillMar 18th 2008 2:39PM
I agree that that it is addictive, but not a mental illness. Unfortunately, however, society has made it impossible for any of us to function without it. They charge us more for postage, but nothing to pay bills online. Textbooks for elementary school students are online. Everything has to be done online.
gkoolMar 18th 2008 3:10PM
I am a business man; and I send a lot of emails to my clients and prospects not encluded my friends,family and relatives every day and with that new finding then I must be mentally ill. hahahaha..what a fraud!
JIMMar 18th 2008 3:05PM
Having a bad day ? Take Medication. Having a good day? Take Medication. Your Hamster died? Take Medication. Ohh you spend how many hours on the internet every night??? Take Medication.
Give me a damn break, everything these days are considered a ''mental illness'',if that's the case then 90% of the world is crazy. what a joke.. don't listen to this bullshit!
observerMar 18th 2008 3:59PM
only a few times at night
i will go in to chat with a group of christians... im shocked at a bondage profile..
a joke... yes thats a problem
Also do agree that they try to label everyone in one nut shell... find the guilty one.
and follow that into her hidden web and youll see the difference.
ADDictMar 18th 2008 3:57PM
You people are ALL in denial!
PaulMar 18th 2008 4:19PM
There's an old saying, "Too much of a good thing is no good." How much is just right for me depends on who I am, and what I am like. I need to figure it out, and go for it. Good friends are a big help.
DarrylMar 18th 2008 4:28PM
Hey, I was mentally ill way before I ever got a computer!! Does this mean I'm ahead of the curve?
kormalMar 18th 2008 4:33PM
Im looking for a job and looking online , I love the articles and information. Its is an illness if someone only wants to interact online? Or if they are obsessive or jealous controlling the information online... or boxing you in... i found a box years ago... i guess there was an illness for a long time... i was inside there issuej.
k.
HodMar 20th 2008 3:41PM
At least if they classified it is an illness if you ever need help with it your health insurance would pick up the tab.
MarMar 21st 2008 1:37PM
Some Doctors are always looking through the wrong end of the binoculars.
An Addictive Personality has the symptoms of Internet Addiction.
You have to fix the nut behind the wheel, before you can fix the world.
Blaming the Internet for the person who can’t live without it.
Is like blaming the gun for columbine massacre.
"Be the change you see in the world" Gandhi
Christiana LordsAug 30th 2008 2:13AM
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Tel: +447-0457-66009,
Miguel Klim (C.E.O)
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Telcom Limited is a specialized supplier of Mobile phones (GSM and
CDMA), Video Games , Apple Ipods , Iphone , Laptops / Notebook Digital
Cameras and Plasma Tvs.
With high quality products, best service and good reputation, we have
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Therefore, the scale has been expanded, and we now have our own Trading
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