Is Excessive Internet Addiction a Psychological Disorder as Stated by Guangzhou Baiyun Psychological Institute?
Question by Geyamala: Is excessive internet addiction a psychological disorder as stated by Guangzhou Baiyun psychological institute?
iternet addiction may be regarded as a disease in China, a media report said.
A research on internet addiction, which is to be named ‘pathological Internet use’, was being conducted by the Ministry of Health, China Daily quoted Shen Jiahong, director of the Guangzhou Baiyun Psychological Institute, as saying.
About 50 percent of teenaged delinquents in China’s Guangdong province were Internet-dependent, said Deng Weilong who heads the Guangdong team on the prevention of teenaged crimes.
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Answer by bluechristy
To put it in every day terms – We people on the net really don’t have a life LOL.
Answer by cavassi
More evidence that psychological and psychiatric diagnoses are culturally defined.
Or, put another way and to paraphrase a famous quote: An addiction is an addiction, is an addiction. You can sort it up your nose, flush it down your gullet, push it into a vein, or tap in with your fingers, they all result in mind control.
Now, back to work for me!
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