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Internet Addiction Gaining Credibility

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Internet Addiction Gaining Credibility

People who send excessive texts and emails could soon be classified with a disorder known as Internet addiction.

Dr. Jerald Block
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An editorial in the current issue of the American Journal of

Dr. Block says that 86 percent of Internet addicts have other forms of mental illness and it is likely to be overlooked unless a therapist is looking for it. Dr. Block supports the idea of putting Internet addition in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, the official book of mental illness. The new edition will be published in 2012 and a draft will be available for public comment next year.

British psychiatrists, reported last year in the journal Advances in Psychiatric Treatment that a "significant minority" between five and 10 percent of online users are addicted to the Internet. Early research indicated those addicted to the Internet were highly educated, introverted males and recent studies suggest that middle-aged women on home computers are prone to Internet addiction.

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