http://www.metafilter.com/tags/internetaddiction Posts tagged with 'internetaddiction' at MetaFilter. Thu, 26 Jun 2008 02:24:37 -0800 Thu, 26 Jun 2008 02:24:37 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/72815/Lost%2DSouls According to a new report, children in Sweden are becoming increasingly concerned by their parents' internet habits. <em><a href="http://www.thelocal.se/12640.html">"This summer she has been sitting up all day and all night and she forgets what's important to me. And when she's not at the computer she's like a lost soul. She just looks straight ahead and says nothing. I'm not doing so well."</a> </em>Dr Jerald Block from Oregon Health and Science University in Portland is pushing for <a href="http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/112374.php">internet addiction</a> (and its three subtypes: excessive gaming, sexual preoccupations and e-mail/text messaging) to be included as a common disorder in the next update of the DSM (<a href="http://www.psych.org/dsmv.asp">DSM-V</a>). <em><a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/2152972/Internet-addiction-is-a-'clinical-disorder'.html">"The relationship is with the computer. It becomes a significant other to them. They exhaust emotions that they could experience in the real world on the computer... It's much more acceptable for kids to talk about game use, whereas adults keep it a secret. Rather than having sex, or arguing with their wife or husband, or feeding their children, these adults are playing games..." </a></em> tag:metafilter.com,2008:site.72815 Thu, 26 Jun 2008 02:24:37 -0800 addiction family gaming internet internetaddiction medicine pornography psychiatry chuckdarwin