Addiction to internet “is an illness”
Perhaps we all just need to get outside, in the fresh air, a little more often.
Excessive gaming, viewing online pornography, emailing and text messaging have been identified as causes of a compulsive-impulsive disorder by Dr Jerald Block, author of an editorial for the respected American Journal of Psychiatry. Block argues that the disorder is now so common that it merits inclusion in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, the profession’s primary resource to categorise and diagnose mental illnesses.
According to Dr Block, the “illness” can be associated with four primary symptoms, including this rather alarming manifestation:
Withdrawal, including feelings of anger, tension and/or depression when the computer is inaccessible
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