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Internet addiction a 'mental illness' The American Psychiatric Association's manual of mental disorders , widely recognised as the "psychiatrists' bible", has added "internet use disorder" as a priority area of study in its review coming up in May. This will be the first time internet ...

Is internet addiction a mental illness? I wouldn't be surprised if the Internet was just the latest way people were coping with stress, depression and other serious mental illnesses inflicted by our toxic culture. Better for your liver than alcoholism, at least. And it might explain why use ...

INTERNET addiction is set to be classified as a mental illness. Following its first review in two decades, the American Psychiatric Association will add "internet use disorder" to the research appendix of its Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5) in May. University of the Sunshine Coast ... America | Las Américas | Português | Español | usca.Stigmabase.org | eGAYlity

Your internet addiction could soon be an actual mental illness ... : Well according to reports over in the US, the American Psychiatric Association is ready to add "Internet Use Disorder" to its Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders , which is a long-winded way of saying your worrying addiction to ...

Digital Age overload: 'Internet addiction' to be classified as mental illness : The international mental health encyclopedia known as the 'Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders ' (DSM-IV) will include Internet-use disorder as a condition “recommended for further study” in its forthcoming May 2013 edition ... RT

Internet addiction to be added to the list of serious mental disorders : Children addicted to the internet could soon be classed as having a serious mental illness , it has been claimed. According to the Sun-Herald, 'internet-use disorder' will be included in the DSM-IV – the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental ... CHANNELS

Are you addicted to the Internet?  - Although Internet addiction is not formally recognized in the United States as a mental illness , there is a growing concern among medical practitioners ...

Web addiction poses risk to mental health : Reports such as these are why there is a call for the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorder's inclusion of Internet-use disorder as a viable mental illness . People starving their children or children shooting their parents over video games?