A legitimate disorder, IAD is garnering more interest, and new studies are being undertaken regularly to learn more about how excessive Internet use affects us.
We’ve all heard someone joke about their growing Internet addiction (maybe you’ve even said it about yourself), but the relatively new Internet addiction disorder (IAD) is no laughing matter. In fact, it’s becoming a serious mental health issue. With the soaring number of Internet users, the problem of IAD has currently attracted considerable attention from psychiatrists, educators and the public; therefore IAD is becoming a substantial mental health issue around the world. (more…)





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