Sunday, September 26, 2010

What is a "netaholic"?


Internet addiction is a socio-cultural phenomenon that generated a major concern worldwide and has just reached the category of psychological problem
One of the main problems that specialists have faced is how to name this new phenomenon, which seems to be a kind of global monster that demands its own name.

Addiction "on line?," Dependence Disorder Internet?, "Disorder pathological Internet use?," Internet Addiction Syndrome?, "Sick of the Web?," Netaholics?

Within this context, we began to detect a growing concern for the increase in excess of the Internet and one of the first signs of this concern was the formation of various aid groups to control the addiction.

The American Psychiatric Association gave official recognition to the disorder, so he is currently considered as an addiction to be treated, for which it requested the collaboration of Dr. Young (Psychologist, University of Pittsburgh and founder of the Center Addiction to on-line), now considered an expert on the subject.
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