Internet addiction’ to be classified as mental illness

BrightBlessings · 07 Oct 2012

Think twice the next time you play a videogame or surf the Net: ‘Internet-use disorder’ is set to be added to the list of mental illnesses in the worldwide psychiatric manual. Kids are identified as being especially at risk.
The international mental health encyclopedia known as the ‘Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders’ (DSM-IV) will include Internet-use disorder as a condition “recommended for further study” in its forthcoming May 2013 edition.

Digital Age overload:

Imperfect1 · 07 Oct 2012

At first it sounds somewhat far-fetched, but the more you think about it, if one is prone to addictions, that person could become addicted to pretty much anything, including any kind of technology. Sad but true.

Dinesh · 13 Oct 2012

Count me in.

Brink · 13 Oct 2012

LOL, now I have a good excuse for always being on the computer. I have a mental disorder, and can't help it.

M1GU31 · 13 Oct 2012

Brink said:

LOL, now I have a good excuse for always being on the computer. I have a mental disorder, and can't help it.

Dwarf · 13 Oct 2012

M1GU31 said:

Brink said:

LOL, now I have a good excuse for always being on the computer. I have a mental disorder, and can't help it.

X2

Borg 386 · 13 Oct 2012

Does this mean I'm mental?

Hopalong X · 13 Oct 2012

I could have told them that for free years ago.

Stefany93 · 13 Oct 2012

Now that is just ridiculous. These mental guys can't include every single thing as a mental illness. Why don't they also put there that every person who takes a shower every day is also insane? How many sick people already...