internet addiction
Inside the South Korean Rehab Clinic that Treats Gaming Addicts With a German Sci-Fi Novel
In a country where 14 percent of teens are addicted to electronic media, an emerging rehab industry is finding new ways to reintroduce people to the real world.
Inside a Chinese Internet Addiction Rehab Center
A documentary captures the awkwardness and recovery of IRL escapees.
I Took the Internet Addiction Quiz and I Won
Internet addiction is not an official condition yet recognized in the DSM-V. But a recent search for "internet addiction help" revealed various rehab centers for internet addiction, therapists who specialize in the condition, as well as this handy quiz.
Study Says Six Percent of People Worldwide Are Addicted to the Internet
According to a sort of shabby meta-analysis.
The Hidden Danger of Internet Addiction Mania: Sketchy Treatment Centers
China is leading the way in treatment bootcamps, but also abuse.
There's No Such Thing as 'Selfie Addiction'
How a British tabloid invented a made-up mental condition while reporting on a troubled teen.
For the First Time, a US Hospital Will Offer Rehab for Internet Addiction
But is being hooked on the web really a psychiatric condition, like alcohol or drug addiction?
Japan Is Opening Internet Fasting Camps Because 500,000 Students Are "Pathologically Addicted"
Japan aims to fight online addiction with government-backed internet fasts.
This Project Breaks Your Facebook Habit With Electrocution and Ridicule
It's come to treating yourself like a dog and Facebook like the neighbor's yard, just to get anything done.
Self-Help for the Ultimate First World Problem, Internet Addiction
"Last month, 51-year-old Craig Smallwood, an online gamer, was given leave by a court in Hawaii to proceed with a lawsuit against NC Interactive, complaining that he received insufficient warnings regarding the alleged 'addictiveness' of its online...
To Live Deep and Suck Out All the Marrow of Life, A Smartphone Is Worse Than a Cigarette
In the last ten years, I’ve had relationships with many hand-held digital objects, but none as intense as the one I had with the iPhone. Although we had our good times, I eventually came to feel that I was losing something of myself in the pairing...