Internet Addiction Disorder

2/18/2008
addiction

Internet addiction disorder (IAD) is a theorized
disorder originally made as a satirical hoax by
Ivan Goldberg, M.D., in 1995. He took pathological
gambling as diagnosed by the DSM-IV as his model
for the spoofed description.


Although IAD was meant to be a hoax, it is promoted
as a real condition by some supporters. Supporters often
divide IAD into subtypes by activity, such as pornography,
overwhelming and immoderate gaming, inappropriate
involvement in online social networking sites or blogging,
and Internet shopping addiction. Activities which, if done
in person, would normally be considered troublesome,
such as compulsive gambling or shopping, are called
net compulsions.

Others, such as reading or playing computer games,
are troubling only to the extent that these activities
interfere with normal life.
- Wikipedia


Posted in Psychology

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