The idea of internet addiction is a particular concern among parents, who worry about the harmful effects of screen time and often argue about device use with their children. According to a 2019 ...

The Changjiji youth centre on November 17 organised a youth forum to share with some 15 youth the findings of internet addiction that a team of doctors presented at the recent international conference ...

Cam Adair now gives talks around the world about the dangers of internet addiction Cam Adair finally realised that his addiction to video games was out of control when it made him consider ending ...

Greenfield, who has authored a book called Virtual Addiction, is one of several mental health experts that recognize Internet addiction as a growing problem, certainly one that could facilitate ...

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According to the Addiction Center, data from the Pew Research Center showed that 77% of Americans connect to the internet on a daily basis. While this is relatively harmless for a majority of us, ...

A Chinese teenager has died days after he was sent to an internet addiction treatment centre, reigniting criticism of these controversial institutions. The 18-year-old had allegedly sustained ...

That means about 40 percent of the high school-going adolescents are addicted to Internet in the country. Internet addiction refers to the compulsive need to spend a lot of time on the Internet, to ...

A viral video circulating online captured a concerning moment where an Atlanta teen lashed out at her mother at the AT&T ...

Hence, behavioural compulsions like gambling, video games, social media/ internet addiction or pornography come under the purview of addiction. Before we treat addictions, it is important to ...

Based on a globally used assessment scale for internet addiction and video gaming disorders, the study found that the number of those exhibiting signs of internet addiction rose 1.5 times to 11.6 ...