What started out as web surfing by a healthy teen descended into online obsession and isolation. Was it depression, internet addiction or both?... Is 'Internet Addiction' Real? When her youngest ...

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. Psychiatrists struggling to draft a new manual to diagnose mental ...

Before COVID hit, Jillian, 68, didn't have internet access at her home — not because she couldn't get it connected, but because she was afraid of what might happen if she did. "I initially got onto ...

The invention of social media’s never-ending scroll birthed an unforeseen addiction to the internet, and now, researchers are attempting to measure screen dependency in new studies. Scientists from ...

COLUMBUS, Ga. (WTVM) - With drug overdose deaths on the rise, a first-of-its-kind statewide bus tour called “Mobilize Recovery Across Georgia” is hitting the road to share that recovering from an ...

New York (Reuters) - Recollections of strict, unaffectionate parents were more common among young adults with an unhealthy attachment to Internet use, compared to their peers, in a new Greek study.

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 ...

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 ...

Warlocks and aliens don't scare Jerald Block. The psychiatrist is on his own quest: to get Internet addiction to be an officially defined medical condition. So I'll be with you in just a moment. Let ...