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Could You Be Addicted to the Internet?

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the all-part-of-the-job-description dept.

Billosaur writes "Over at The Register, Dr Stephen Juan has this interesting article on Internet Addiction Disorder (IAD). Apparently this has been around since at least 1995 and there are those lobbying for it to be included in the DSM-IV. While some people use the Internet a lot for work or to keep in touch with family & friends as well as banking and bill-paying, it's interesting to thing that some people actually become addicted. There's still a lot of controversy over the diagnosis, whether this is true addiction or not. There is more detailed information available in this paper from Viriginia Tech."

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  1. Of course not. by Tackhead · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Of course not. (Sixth post!)

  2. Re:Internet? by poolmeister · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Hail!

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  3. Re:Internet? by RoyGBatty · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    his mind is not for rent, to [any] god or government. - Rush

    I've searched everywhere, and I can't find any credible attribution of this quote to Limbaugh. Wait... does this have something to do with that book they banned from my school?

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  4. Rush the Music group by geekoid · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Rush is a music group from canada, and they ahve produced some excellent music over the year. I highly recommend checking them out. A notable song is 'Tom Sawyer'. I like it, but I don't think it's there best work.

    Or were you pulling my chain? That sdosesn't sound like anything Rush L. would say.

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