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I. INTRODUCTION
Technology today has indeed made people’s lives convenient especial with a computer. It has helped students in making homework, research, and projects, it has helped business in advertising and in making progress, and it has connect loved ones to people who live in a different country with the help of the internet.
Psychologists are not even sure yet what to call this phenomenon. Some label it an "Internet Addiction Disorder." But many people are addicted to their computers long before the internet enters their lives. Some people are extremely attached to their computer and don 't even care about the internet. Perhaps we should call the phenomenon a "Computer Addiction." Also, let 's not forget the very powerful, but now seemingly mundane and almost accepted addiction that some people develop to videogames. Video games are computers too... very single-minded computers, but computers nevertheless. "Addictions" - defined very loosely- can be healthy, unhealthy, or a mixture of both. If you are fascinated by a hobby, feel devoted to it, would like to spend as much time as possible pursuing it - this could be an outlet for learning, creativity, and self-expression. Even in some unhealthy addictions you can find these positive features embedded within (and thus maintaining) the problem. But in truly pathological addictions, the scale has tipped. The bad outweighs the good, resulting in serious disturbances in one 's ability to function in the "real" world. As yet, there is no official psychological or psychiatric diagnosis of an "Internet" or "Computer" addiction. The most recent (4th)edition of Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders(aka, DSM-IV) - which sets the standards for classifying types of mental illness - does not include any such category. It remains to be seen whether this type of addiction will someday be included in the manual. So far, researchers have only been able to focus on that first criteria - trying to
Technology today has indeed made people’s lives convenient especial with a computer. It has helped students in making homework, research, and projects, it has helped business in advertising and in making progress, and it has connect loved ones to people who live in a different country with the help of the internet.
Psychologists are not even sure yet what to call this phenomenon. Some label it an "Internet Addiction Disorder." But many people are addicted to their computers long before the internet enters their lives. Some people are extremely attached to their computer and don 't even care about the internet. Perhaps we should call the phenomenon a "Computer Addiction." Also, let 's not forget the very powerful, but now seemingly mundane and almost accepted addiction that some people develop to videogames. Video games are computers too... very single-minded computers, but computers nevertheless. "Addictions" - defined very loosely- can be healthy, unhealthy, or a mixture of both. If you are fascinated by a hobby, feel devoted to it, would like to spend as much time as possible pursuing it - this could be an outlet for learning, creativity, and self-expression. Even in some unhealthy addictions you can find these positive features embedded within (and thus maintaining) the problem. But in truly pathological addictions, the scale has tipped. The bad outweighs the good, resulting in serious disturbances in one 's ability to function in the "real" world. As yet, there is no official psychological or psychiatric diagnosis of an "Internet" or "Computer" addiction. The most recent (4th)edition of Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders(aka, DSM-IV) - which sets the standards for classifying types of mental illness - does not include any such category. It remains to be seen whether this type of addiction will someday be included in the manual. So far, researchers have only been able to focus on that first criteria - trying to
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