News tagged with internet addicts
Excessive Internet use is linked to depression
People who spend a lot of time browsing the net are more likely to show depressive symptoms, according to the first large-scale study of its kind in the West by University of Leeds psychologists.
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Feb 03, 2010 |
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No Wikipedia? What if the Internet went down?
If a day without Wikipedia was a bother, think bigger. In this plugged-in world, we would barely be able to cope if the entire Internet went down in a city, state or country for a day or a week.
Jan 19, 2012 |
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Cyber junkies can unplug at US retreat
The first US retreat for Internet addicts has opened its doors, welcoming a teenager that was captive to World of Warcraft online role-playing videogame.
Aug 21, 2009 |
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Clinic tries to wean addicts off Internet fix
Choi Hyun-Min loses all track of time when he sits down to play computer games, but the sessions usually last at least 10 hours.
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Jun 19, 2011 |
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China gives parents control of kids' online gaming
Chinese authorities have ordered online video game operators to allow parents to monitor their children's playing sessions as part of a nationwide crackdown on the growing problem of Internet addiction.
Feb 01, 2011 |
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S.Korea to offer software to fight web addiction
South Korea will offer gamers and other Internet addicts free software from next year to limit the time they spend on the web, the prime minister's office said on Tuesday.
Mar 16, 2010 |
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Internet addiction center opens in US
(AP) -- Ben Alexander spent nearly every waking minute playing the video game "World of Warcraft." As a result, he flunked out of the University of Iowa.
Sep 03, 2009 |
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Internet addicts stage uprising at China boot camp
A group of young Chinese web addicts staged a mutiny at an Internet "boot camp", tying up their instructor and fleeing the facility over its tough military-like techniques, state media said Tuesday.
Jun 08, 2010 |
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Changes proposed in how psychiatrists diagnose
(AP) -- Don't say "mental retardation" - the new term is "intellectual disability." No more diagnoses of Asperger's syndrome - call it a mild version of autism instead. And while "behavioral addictions" will be new to doctors' ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Feb 10, 2010 |
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Psychiatric symptoms may predict Internet addiction in adolescents
Adolescents with psychiatric symptoms such as attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), social phobia, hostility and depression may be more likely to develop an Internet addiction, according to a report in the October ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Oct 05, 2009 |
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Study Links Internet Addiction to Aggression in Teens
(PhysOrg.com) -- Armed with the findings of a new study, Taiwanese researchers suggest parents and educators pay more attention to children’s online habits because Internet-addicted teens seem more prone to aggression. However, ...
Feb 23, 2009 |
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French gambler sues government for not blocking poker sites
A French gambling addict is suing the government for 100,000 euros ($133,000) because it failed to prevent him from accessing online poker sites, his lawyer said on Monday.
Dec 12, 2011 |
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Frenchman sues Glaxo over drug that made him 'sex addict'
A French father-of-two is to take GlaxoSmithKline to court on Tuesday, alleging the British firm's drug to treat Parkinson's disease turned him into a gay sex and gambling addict.
Medicine & Health / Medications
Jan 31, 2011 |
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SKorea targets Internet addicts; 2 million hooked
(AP) -- Day and night, Lee Mi-hwa's son stays on his computer, slaying dragons in his online fantasy world while his dinner and homework sit untouched.
Apr 22, 2010 |
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Chinese teen dies at Internet addiction rehab camp
(AP) -- China is investigating the death of a teenager who was allegedly beaten to death in a camp designed to treat Internet addiction, state media said.
Aug 06, 2009 |
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