The Internet is a marvelous tool that allows us to connect to others, access a world of information, and order pizza at all hours of the day or night. However, excessive use of the Internet can lead ...

A recent study by Professor Phil Reed and his colleagues published in the Journal of Clinical Psychiatry provided some experimental evidence that internet addicts may be conditioned by what they view ...

Currently, the internet has become a mode for communication, work and even entertainment. It has drastically changed the way people think, research and work . But over decades of its use, some harmful ...

James Cook University researchers have taken a deeper dive into the complexities of human personality traits and addiction in adults, revealing new insights to help with social media addiction and ...

In the United States, internet addiction isn’t included in the DSM-V — the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, the standard classification of mental disorders used by mental health ...

ADHD symptoms are strongly linked to higher internet addiction scores Insomnia and executive dysfunction partly explain the connection Physical activity is associated with lower addiction risk The ...

Kimberly S. Young is a clinical psychologist who has been working on what she calls Internet addiction since the mid-1990s. In 1996, she acknowledged that “the term ...

How often do you tell your kids they don’t know how lucky they are? Do you say things like, “When I was young we didn’t have no dang fool Intertubes and online games?” and then force them to go ...