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Tue25Mar2008

Like I'm Not Crazy Enough: Doc Wants Internet/Tech Addiction to be a Mental Illness

11:45 H | Topics: Health - Tech

Photo%2011.jpgAs a blogger, I'm always connected. There's wifi, checking my email on my phone, texting, twittering, reading the blogs of others, and on and on and on. But does that make me sick?

Alcohol, drugs, food, sex, and even shopping are all candidates for medical treatment and are recognized as genuine mental disorders, so what about the Internet? Internet addiction -defined as "excessive gaming, sexual pre-occupations, and email/text messaging" - is becoming so common that at least one psychiatrist says it merits inclusion in psychiatry's official handbook of mental illness, the "Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders."

Ok well I'm not a big gamer and I don't have sexual pre-occupations (trust me) so maybe I'm safe.

Via / Yahoo!

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