Internet Addiction
Is a general term that refers to the compulsive need to spend a great
deal of time on the Internet, to the point where relationships, work and health
are allowed to suffer.
Medical
opinion is divided on whether Internet addiction exists as a mental disorder in
its own right.
Professional
treatment, which may include cognitive behavior therapy, aims to allow the
person to use the Internet properly rather than compulsively.
Internet
addiction is when a person has a compulsive need to spend a great deal of time
on the Internet, to the point where other areas of life (such as relationships,
work or health) are allowed to suffer.
The person becomes dependent on using
the Internet and needs to spend more and more time online to achieve the same
‘high’.
There is a
range of behaviors that can be referred to as Internet addiction. Other terms
for this addiction include Internet addiction disorder (IAD) and net addiction.
Generally speaking, surveys suggest that males
who are addicted to spending time online tend to prefer viewing pornographic
websites, while females are attracted to chat rooms for making platonic and cyber
sexual relationships.
source: www.betterhealth.vic.gov.au
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