Friday, December 2nd, 2005, 4:01 am
Internet Addiction
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HE effect of the Internet on everyone’s life intensifies. With higher-speed connections and rendering capabilities that grip a vivid reality, more and more people get entangled in a world of fascination — a world more worthy than the mundane at times. As some recent studies indicate, Internet addiction can become very severe.
Up to 10 per cent of internet users in the United States have a dependency that could be as destructive as alcoholism and drug addiction, it has been claimed.
Internet addiction disorder is being treated by some therapists in the same way as a chemical addiction.
The Proctor Hospital in Illinois is admitting patients to recover from obsessive computer use, according to the New York Times.
Experts told the newspaper that they see similar signs of withdrawal to those found in alcoholics or drug addicts – including profuse sweating, severe anxiety and paranoia.
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