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https://www.psycom.net/personality-disorders/narcissistic/

Treatments do exist.

You should get them the help they need to not be that way.

https://www.psycom.net/personality-disorders/narcissistic/

IAD is a sham. The original test instruments 'developed' by young inclided items lifted right from similar instruments for gambling and substance abuse, with such gems as (paraphrase, I don't have the original measure handy) 'do you often use the internet by yourself?' and more than 10 hours a week as unhealthy. The criteria listed here http://www.psycom.net/iadcriteria.html are similarly laughable: "(e) voluntary or involuntary typing movements of the fingers".

And, perhaps the crux: "(VII) Internet use is continued despite knowledge of having a persistent or recurrent physical, family, social, occupational, or psychological problem that is likely to have been caused or exacerbated by Internet use (e.g., sleep deprivation, marital difficulties, lateness for early morning appointments, neglect of occupational duties, or feelings of abandonment in significant others)"

I'm not saying there aren't people out there with problems, but you don't create a new disorder for every new communication/information tool. Do we have telephone addiction disorder? fax machine addiction disorder? television addiction disorder? Hey, I know, lets make a myspace addiction disorder and a friendster addiction disorder and a slash-- er wait.

sleep dep, maritial difficulties and the like are signs of other disorders, like depression. (or just a general state of distress).

The 'article' linked by the submitter is fluff, there is nothing empirical in it. It is also missing nearly 9 years of critiques of IAD. Why did this submission happen?

Sleep deprivation is a short-term antidepressant (which works until the person wakes up). Google for the relevant terms to find lots of links, e.g. http://www.psycom.net/depression.central.sleepdep. html).

alispguru wrote...

"See "a herf="http://www.downtowncorpuschristi.com/wiki/DM D/WiFiCity">..."

Ya know, I've looked all over the place for a HERF device so I can do something about those pesky thump-mobiles. Haven't found one that I like just yet...

Schizophrenia is a severe mood disorder, not a personality disorder like dissociative identity disorder which is what you're describing in this stupid poem.

Don't forget my favorite, Electroconvulsive Therapy. Still in use today!

Psychotherapy, cognitivie science... today we are about in the leeches and cauterization phase.