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NEWS ABOUT: Internet addiction

Internet addiction stories: 11 news summaries

 Top Signs You're 
 an Internet Addict 

When you know it's time to get a life

Sep 6, 09 5:05 AM CDT
(Newser) - Do you just like reading Newser, or are you addicted to the Internet? Seattle-based Internet addiction center ReSTART lists the signs of a bad online habit:
  • Heightened euphoria. Trolling through sites gives you your greatest thrill.
  • Whiling away more hours. You look up and it's suddenly 2 am,
... More »

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Internet • addiction • web • Internet addiction

First US Internet Addiction Rehab Center Opens

For $14,500, reStart offers therapy, socialization

Aug 27, 09 5:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - The first US Internet addiction clinic has opened in Fall City, Wash. The Heavensfield Retreat Center offers “reStart,” a 45-day in-patient rehab program for Internet, video game, and texting addictions, LiveScience reports. Clients undergo talk therapy and social skills training, as well as feeding goats, raising chickens, and... More »

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Internet • rehab • depression • Washington • addiction • psychology • Tufts University • therapy • Internet addiction • psychologist • Internet Addiction Disorder • clinic

Teen Beaten to Death at Camp for Internet Addicts

Staff killed 16-year-old for running too slowly

Aug 5, 09 4:05 PM CDT
(Newser) - A Chinese teen was beaten to death by staff at a boot camp in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, the Global Times reports. The parents of Deng Senshan, 16, paid $1,024 to send him to the Guangxi Qihang Survival Training Camp to cure his Internet addiction. Deng was put in... More »

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China • murder • boot camp • Internet addiction • beatings • teenager • Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region

(Newser) - Chinese families are unplugging Internet-addicted loved ones and shipping them off to boot camps, Radio Free Netherlands reports. The Internet Rehabilitation Centre of the People’s Liberation Army, which houses some 50 patients, is one of thousands of online addiction clinics around the country. "They don't only have psychological... More »

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China • People's Liberation Army • one child policy • Internet addiction

(Newser) - If you're ignoring your kid or getting divorced because of Facebook—it's happened—you might have a problem. CNN outlines five telltale signs of Facebook addiction.
  • Losing sleep: If you're tired every morning because of late-night-friending, take a break, a UCLA psychologist advises: "You shouldn't be neglecting
... More »

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entertainment • social networking • Internet • Facebook • psychology • therapy • Internet addiction

 China to Declare 
 'Internet Addicts' Sick 

Fervent web surfers face electro-shock treatments

Nov 12, 08 1:45 AM CST
(Newser) - China is about to become the first nation in the world to officially declare "internet addiction" a clinical disorder, reports the Guardian. Citizens hooked on the web may face treatment that includes military-style discipline, hypnosis, electro-shock therapy and drugs, reports the Guardian. The totalitarian Chinese authorities have repeatedly... More »

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China • Internet • eBay • Facebook • pornography • Internet addiction • Lifehacker • Internet Addiction Disorder • American Journal of Psychiatry

 Pal: Duchovny Addicted to Porn 

Web obsession prompted actor to enter rehab

Sep 2, 08 11:10 AM CDT
(Newser) - David Duchovny entered rehab for sex addiction because of a longstanding addiction to Internet pornography, not because he had cheated on wife Tea Leoni, a friend tells Fox News. The X-Files star, whose character on Showtime's Californication is a sex addict, went public with his demons because a fellow patient... More »

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pornography • celebrity • sex addiction • David Duchovny • Internet addiction • Tea Leoni

Study: Video Game Addicts Aren't Nerds

'Problem gamers' may be unhealthy, but they're not lonely geeks

Jun 13, 08 8:20 AM CDT
(Newser) - The stereotype of the hard-core gamer as a friendless geek may be as outdated as Pac-Man, Reuters reports. An Australian study looked at "problem gamers" who spent more than 50 hours a week playing and discovered that less than 1% had poor social skills. The findings contradict statements from... More »

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addiction • gaming • World of Warcraft • MMORPG • American Medical Association • online gaming • Internet addiction • video games

 Silicon Valley Unplugs 
 for Meetings 

Companies go 'topless' to boost employees' attention

Mar 31, 08 1:09 PM CDT
(Newser) - Tired of competing for attention with iPhones, BlackBerrys and laptops, some Silicon Valley companies are banning them from meetings. One exec calls it going "topless," short for laptopless, and the Los Angeles Times reports that it's boosting some companies' efficiency. "Aside from just being rude," an... More »

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technology • Internet • iPhone • Facebook • BlackBerry • university • laptop • classroom • computer • Internet addiction • Internet access • meetings

 Internet
 Addiction
 Rising 

A combined 68% of the US population feels some anxiety when disconnected

Mar 15, 08 8:37 AM CDT
(Newser) - Internet addiction is no longer a punchline—it’s a serious mental malady that’s gained acceptance from the scientific community, Ars Technica reports. A significant percentage of the US population feels “disconnect anxiety” when away from the internet or their cell phones, an extensive research effort by the... More »

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Internet • cell phones • stress • anxiety • Internet addiction • disconnect anxiety • Solutions Research Group

China Cracks Down on Online Games

Calls them 'spiritual opium'

Jan 17, 08 12:03 PM CST
(Newser) - China is cracking down on its booming, billion-dollar online game industry, which is seen as “spiritual opium” that threatens to hook the Chinese people, Reuters reports. The government today said it plans to regulate “undesirable” elements out of the game, which 41 million Chinese played this year. “... More »

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China • censorship • online gaming • Internet cafes • Internet addiction

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