There’s been a lot of controversy about some of the maladies included in the freshly revised Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Health Disorders (DSM-V). Internet addiction, or formally, ...

More a popular idea than a scientifically valid concept, internet addiction is the belief that people can become so dependent on using their mobile phones or other electronic devices that they lose ...

The voluntary, 10-day program will admit up to four patients at a time. Sept. 4, 2013— -- A psychologist first coined the phrase "Internet addiction" in 1995, when the web was in its infancy. He ...

Dr. Mark Griffiths has received research funding from a wide range of organizations including the Economic and Social Research Council, the British Academy and the Responsibility in Gambling Trust. He ...

Do you feel lost without your smartphone in hand and a strong WiFi signal? Scientists have developed a new internet addiction spectrum that reveals just how reliant you are on having a connection. At ...

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 ...

Some people might consider internet addiction to be a first-world problem and not a real affliction. A new study from the University of Hong Kong suggests otherwise. According to the study, which we ...

In a recent study published in the Journal of Psychiatric Research, researchers describe the relationship between problematic internet use (PIU) and the symptoms of attention deficit hyperactivity ...

Internet addiction has become such a problem in the US that special treatment programmes have begun to spring up to help wean young people off their digital dependency. How long should kids spend on ...

Technology could be humans’ best friend. But if technology is not used in a proper way, it could paralysed not only the people, but also the nation. With smartphones cheaply available now, many people ...