The voluntary, 10-day program will admit up to four patients at a time. Sept. 4, 2013— -- A psychologist first coined the phrase "Internet addiction" in 1995, when the web was in its infancy. He ...

Do you feel lost without your smartphone in hand and a strong WiFi signal? Scientists have developed a new internet addiction spectrum that reveals just how reliant you are on having a connection. At ...

With guest host Jane Clayson. Boot-camp style rehabilitation centers in China to treat Internet addiction, and the problem here in the US. A teenager under treatment in the documentary film "Web ...

Dr. Mark Griffiths has received research funding from a wide range of organizations including the Economic and Social Research Council, the British Academy and the Responsibility in Gambling Trust. He ...

The invention of social media’s never-ending scroll birthed an unforeseen addiction to the internet, and now, researchers are attempting to measure screen dependency in new studies. Scientists from ...

Cam Adair now gives talks around the world about the dangers of internet addiction Cam Adair finally realised that his addiction to video games was out of control when it made him consider ending his ...

Teenagers should consider setting limits for how much time they spend online each day, academics have said, after a new study found that internet addiction may have detrimental effects on the brains ...

The first time I saw internet addiction officially announced as a problem among China’s youth was in an article about a December, 2006 report from the Central Committee of the Communist Youth League.

More a popular idea than a scientifically valid concept, internet addiction is the belief that people can become so dependent on using their mobile phones or other electronic devices that they lose ...

Internet addiction has become such a problem in the US that special treatment programmes have begun to spring up to help wean young people off their digital dependency. How long should kids spend on ...