Why, George, Why? Because It’s There.
Posted by Jake on August 24, 2009 at 11:40 am
Are you addicted to the Internet? This seemingly innocuous question could carry some serious implications if you believe in Internet Addiction Disorder (IAD). Debate is currently underway on whether or not to include IAD as a diagnosis in the next Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-V), scheduled for release in 2012.
Whether or not IAD makes the cut for the DSM-V, some people are already taking it very seriously. Ben Parr at Mashable wrote an article about the first Internet Addiction Rehab Center to open in the United States. The program is called reSTART, and the Fall City, Washington clinic already has a patient, a 19-year-old addicted to the online role-playing game “World of Warcraft.”
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