Internet and computer addiction should be recognised as a legitimate side effect of mental illness among adolescents, a psychiatrist has told a national psychiatry congress in Darwin. For three years, ...

MANILA, Philippines – The computer may have made life easier and tasks faster. But like all good things, it can be abused and lead to addiction, especially in children. They can be so obsessed with ...

social, psychological, genetic, physical or chemical disturbance. It is measured in terms of deviation from some normative concepts. What does addiction mean? "It is a nonscientific term that implies ...

Inpatient treatment in Big Bear has been postponed until further notice. We will continue to offer treatment/support via videoconference. Are you or a loved one suffering from an unhealthy addiction ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Tom Wood was always irritable, tired and not interested in anything but his "bloody computer", his father Ray Wood said. It was not ...

Internet addicts: There's help for you. There are skeptics out there who aren't ready to label more hours spent online than sleeping or working as being as addictive or as detrimental as traditional ...

When trying to determine whether a child is addicted to computer games or the Internet, parents should not only consider the amount of time the child spends at it. This is according to Klaus Woelfling ...

A 15-year-old middle schoolboy strangled his mother earlier this week in a fit of anger during an argument over his playing of violent computer games and then took his own life, sounding a wake-up ...

Earlier this year, I was interviewed about the addictiveness of the computerized card game solitaire (also known as Klondike and Patience). The "hook" for the article (no pun intended) was that May 22 ...