21. What Is Internet Addiction? InternetAddiction.ca. Home Articles What is internet addiction?What is internet addiction? Richard A. Davis, MA, York University. http://www.internetaddiction.ca/internet_addiction.htm

InternetAddiction.ca Home Articles : What is Internet Addiction? What is Internet addiction? Richard A. Davis , M.A., York University In the mid- 1990's people became fascinated with the Internet. All of the sudden, information was available on any topic imaginable. It was as if someone collected all of the world's knowledge, put it together on an easy-to-use interface, and handed it to anyone who wanted it. With so much information at our fingertips, it is no astonishing phenomenon that some users couldn't seem to get enough. For hours on end, these people would sit at their computers and breathe in the entire universe of knowledge. This behavior has even been called Information Masturbation Davis, 1999 ). As the content increased and the number of things one could actually do increased dramatically, people began to display symptoms of is now called "Internet addiction." The term was actually coined by Psychiatrist Ivan Goldberg in 1996 as a joke on an e-mail listserv. He adapted the criteria for alcohol dependence to fit behaviors associated with the Internet. Some psychologists recognized that there were patients that actually displayed these symptoms (e.g. Young, 1996), and began to study the condition in terms of a real psychiatric disorder. Over the next five years, the number of Internet users grew exponentially, and so did the number of people who had symptoms of Internet addiction. While there is still controversy about whether Internet addiction is real or not, experts have successfully argued that since the behavior exists, it must be recognized and treated (

22. The Internet And Online - Dr. Marian Stansbury Ways to deal with online affairs, internet addiction and safety for children surfing the web. http://www.drstansbury.com/online

COACHING COUNSELING FUN STUFF THIS MONTH ... HOME THE INTERNET AND ONLINE O bviously I think the Internet can be a positive and useful environment because I'm here, too! But it has raised some issues that may have drawn you to this page. You're trying to save your relationship after one of you had an online affair You're trying to recover from a broken online relationship You or your partner has an online/ internet addiction. Children and the Internet Coaching by phone from anywhere in the world 203-878-9560 Online Ex tramarital Affairs O ften they begin innocently two people chatting about a common interest. A friendship forms, then expands and grows into a cyber-romance. In other cases, the anonymity of online lures an otherwise faithful spouse into "playing around." I t is commonly believed that a person who has an online "affair" would have strayed from the marriage anyway if they had the opportunity. The big difference is that online presents so many opportunities. And they can justify (in their own minds anyway) that it's a "safe" affair. After all, it isn't really "real." It doesn't count, right? Wrong. An on-line extramarital affair takes energy out of your marriage, leaving little to enable it to become stronger. In some cases, cyber-lovers have acted on their desires and met in real life.

23. Internet: Behavioral Impacts -- How Online Impacts The Lives Of Users -- Finding Study about how Internet/online impacts the lives of users Encompasses marriages, family, friendships, health, predators, cybersex, online romance and internet addictions based on AOL survey http://members.tripod.com/martyman53/survey/

24. Addiction News Three rewards drive what Young calls internet addiction disorder . Community meeting friends online. internet addiction Symptoms and Resource Links. http://www.addictions.org/netaddict.htm

Net Overuse called "true addiction" By Marilyn Elias USA TODAY Obsessive Internet users have a true addiction that can hurt their relationships and leave them hung over or disabled at work, suggest the largest mental health study so far of heavy Net participants. The study of 396 men and women on line for an average of 38 hours a week was presented to the American Psychological Society. Net addicts are "not just geeky teen-agers," says psychologist Kimberly Young of the University of Pittsburgh-Bradford. "Many are outgoing, good-looking and middle-aged. They can look high-functioning, but there are serious problems just under the surface. Heavy on-line users in her study all met psychiatric criteria for clinical dependence applied to alcoholics and drug addicts. They lost control over their Net usage and couldn't end it despite harmful effects on their personal and professional lives. Some said they logged on the moment they woke up. Others snuck online when the spouses wouldn't catch them and stayed up "talking" to strangers so late they were exhausted at work. Some merely gave up sleep or friendships; others lost jobs, mates and peace of mind. Three rewards drive what Young calls "Internet addiction disorder".

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27. The Psychology Of Cyberspace - Computer And Cyberspace Addiction Detailed research paper, symptoms, questionnaire, and articles.Category Health Addictions Internet...... Some label it an internet addiction Disorder. But many people are addictedto their computers long before the internet enters their lives. http://www.rider.edu/users/suler/psycyber/cybaddict.html

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29. Wired News: Drudge Hollywood: Internet Withdrawal Columnist Matt Drudge on the other side of internet addiction. Wired News http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,884,00.html

Welcome to Wired News. Skip directly to: Search Box Section Navigation Content Search: Wired News Animations Wired Magazine HotBot (the Web) Drudge Hollywood: Internet Withdrawal Page 1 of 1 12:00 PM Dec. 09, 1996 PT Columnist Matt Drudge on Internet Addiction, Paula Jones, Hamlet, and Evita My fellow reporters at Wired News may be quick to click and declare that any so-called medical "Internet Addiction" condition is fit for their BS Detector - that there's no such thing. The evolved ones up in South Park obviously have lost touch, as those who found themselves suddenly plunged into an Internetless world thanks to Saturday night's power-cutting snowstorm in the Northeast can attest. "My wife kept asking me why I was sweating," read a morning-after email to the Drudge Report. "Do you know of a way to hook up a generator to a PC?" read another. "I went laptop ... and prayed that the batteries would hold." One friend north of Boston called during the height of the storm: "What is the headline on Nando?" Story Tools Today's Top 5 Stories Tables Top Typical Bar Diversions Rasta Man Comes in From the Cold The Search for Total Information Saddam's Bunker Stands Tough ... War Hack Attacks Tit For Tat Glenn Close says Jack Nicholson would make a good president. "He's commanding, he's smart and he's got that whole cool thing going on." And she says Nicholson seems to like the job, so reports

30. Catalyst - Computers In Psychology ( Cyberpsychology ) Resources by Richard Davis, including cyberpsychology, internet addiction, online psychotherapy, technology in education, and humancomputer interaction. http://www.victoriapoint.com/catalyst.htm

Catalyst: Edited by Richard A. Davis Psychology Computers Net Addiction Hackers Online Behavior Online Therapy ... Victoria Point Consulting The Net's most comprehensive info on computers in psychology CONTENTS Features HCI Tech in Education Online Research ... InternetAddiction.ca *NEW* Internet Behavior Questionnaire! Psych Downloads for the PalmPilot! International Society for Mental Health Online Cyberslacking: Internet Abuse in the Workplace In the last half-decade, the Internet has emerged as an essential tool for business. Companies rely on up-to-date, relevant information and real-time communication with both colleagues and clients. Business-to-business (B2B) applications on the Internet have essentially revolutionized the way corporate America does business. Recent studies have shown that 100% of large corporations worldwide have access to the Internet today. Is this a good thing? What are the ramifications of Internet ubiquity? As it turns out, there are indeed consequences to complete Internet access, and it is costing billions of dollars each year. More...

31. Internet Addiction internet addiction. Here you will find a definition of internet addiction,and information on recognizing internet addiction in friends http://www.addictionrecov.org/internet.htm

Internet Addiction Here you will find a definition of internet addiction, and information on recognizing internet addiction in friends, co-workers and family members. You can also explore clinical concepts on what makes the internet addictive. Most importantly, you can learn about identification of the addiction and treatment by the professionals at IIAR. Click on any of the following topics to learn more: What is internet addiction? Recognizing internet addiction Problems caused by internet addiction What makes the internet addictive? ... About IIAR To comment on this site or inquire about IIAR programs and services, or to receive additional information on any of the subjects discussed in this Web site, please e-mail our Vice President of Addiction and Behavioral Sciences, Rick Zehr (eric.zehr@proctor.org) or call 1-800-522-3784. This information is provided as a community education service about professional issues and is not a substitute for individual consultation. Advice on individual problems should be obtained through a professional. All personal and medical information provided to IIAR and its staff is held in strict confidence. This information will not be disclosed to any person or organization without the written consent of the patient or guardian. More About I.I.A.R.

32. Wwwrepubblicaweb Alcuni articoli in tema di IAD (internet addiction Disorder) con link a materiali in lingua inglese. http://www.repubblica.it/wwwrepubblicaweb/internet/050200/cyber.html

Quando Internet fa bene alla psiche Inchiesta della Bocconi: la maggior parte dei cybernavigatori trae benefici dalla Rete. Scese in campo con le loro offerte anche Galactica, Wind, Telvia e Micanet. Cliniche virtuali per malati di rete Negli Usa si teme molto la "sindrome da cyberspazio". CLINICHE VIRTUALI PER MALATI DI RETE Negli Usa si teme molto la "sindrome da cyberspazio". di: Francesca Tarissi Vi capita di passare molto tempo davanti al monitor, trascurando il coniuge e gli amici di sempre, sentendovi molto più attratti da un'oretta o due nel MUD (Multi-User Dungeons ) o in chat con persone nuove, piuttosto che dalle faccende domestiche o dallo studio, a detrimento del lavoro, delle incombenze ed anche del cane che, sempre più spesso, dimenticate di portare a spasso? Scaricate più volte la posta nell'arco della giornata ? Siete convinti che la vostra home page sia la migliore al mondo? Vi innervosite se nel mezzo di una partita avvincente vi intimano di scollegarvi ? Allora, forse, fate già parte di quel 10% di utenti che, a detta di esimi specialisti americani, sono affetti dall'IAD (Internet Addiction Disorder), la dipendenza dalla Rete! Questa nuova sorta di comportamente compulsivo, considerato da taluni più allarmisti alla stregua dell'alcolismo e del gioco d'azzardo, porterebbe l'individuo che ne è affetto a voler cercare nel cyberspazio un sicuro rifugio dai problemi che lo affliggono nella quotidianità, ad avere Internet al centro di un suo pensiero consolatorio ricorrente e ad attendere con ansia la prossima connessione alla Rete, trascurando sempre più la propria salute, la propria vita sociale e non ottemperando alle varie responsabilità da cui mediamente siamo tutti afflitti.

33. Wired News: Net Surf: Internet Addiction If internet addiction disorder is accepted as a bona fide crisis, we may be forced to suffer renewed reports of broken marriages, neglected children, and psychomotor agitation (the cybershakes). Wired News http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,6262,00.html

Welcome to Wired News. Skip directly to: Search Box Section Navigation Content Search: Wired News Animations Wired Magazine HotBot (the Web) Net Surf: Internet Addiction Page 1 of 1 06:08 PM Aug. 21, 1997 PT Are you a victim of "pathological Internet use"? Internet addiction is in the news again , heralding an epidemic of compulsive clicking, marathon chatting, and willful ignorance of the basic tenets of good hygiene. Who says all news is bad news? If "Internet addiction disorder" (IAD) is accepted as a bona fide crisis, we may be forced to suffer renewed reports of broken marriages, neglected children, and "psychomotor agitation" (the cybershakes), but these are merely risk-factor footnotes in the great millennial prospectus. Better, instead, to turn to those who stand to profit via this no-longer-nameless dread. Story Tools Today's Top 5 Stories Tables Top Typical Bar Diversions Rasta Man Comes in From the Cold The Search for Total Information Saddam's Bunker Stands Tough ... War Hack Attacks Tit For Tat According to Dr. Ivan Goldberg, a professor of psychiatry at Columbia University, IAD is associated with "voluntary or involuntary typing movements of the fingers." This suggests great things for clickthrough - and nobody minds more traffic. Advertisers like Microsoft, who just announced intentions to nearly double their annual online-ad spending from US$24 million to $41 million, will be overjoyed to receive the addled masses who'll punch their banners as instinctively as Club Med vacationers swatting at mosquitoes. They'll hand out copies of Internet Explorer like methadone and send them back to us content-dealers. We'll repeat the vicious cycle without much undue scolding - because, hey man, we've been there, too. We're here to help, not judge.

34. Is Internet Addiction Real? 4, April 2000, Is internet addiction real? BY TORI DeANGELIS. If you believe whatyou read, internet addiction is about to make us a nation of derelicts. http://www.apa.org/monitor/apr00/addiction.html

Volume 31, No. 4, April 2000 Is Internet addiction real? More research is being conducted to explore the way people useand misusethe Internet. BY TORI DeANGELIS If you believe what you read, "Internet addiction" is about to make us a nation of derelicts. Men drooling over online pornography, women abandoning their husbands for chat-room lovers and people losing their life savings on gambling Web sites are just a few of the stories peddled in today's press. But despite the topic's prominence, published studies on Internet addiction are scarce. Most are surveys, marred by self-selecting samples and no control groups. The rest are theoretical papers that speculate on the philosophical aspects of Internet addiction but provide no data. Meanwhile, many psychologists even doubt that addiction is the right term to describe what happens to people when they spend too much time online. "It seems misleading to characterize behaviors as 'addictions' on the basis that people say they do too much of them," says Sara Kiesler, PhD, a researcher at Carnegie Mellon University and co-author of one of the only controlled studies on Internet usage, published in the September 1998 American Psychologist. "No research has yet established that there is a disorder of Internet addiction that is separable from problems such as loneliness or problem gambling, or that a pa ssion for using the Internet is long-lasting."

35. Internet Can Be As Addicting As Alcohol, Drugs And Gambling, Says New Research Describes presentation about behavioral criteria for internet addiction madeat the 104th American Psychological Association Convention . WEBSITE HELP. http://www.apa.org/releases/internet.html

Select Releases 2003 Releases 2002 Releases 2001 Releases 2000 Releases 1999 Releases 1998 Releases 1997 Releases 1996 Releases Internet Can be as Addicting as Alcohol, Drugs and Gambling, Says New Research 1996 Press Release feel preoccupied with the internet (think about while offline); feel a need to use the internet with increasing amounts of time in order to achieve satisfaction; have an inability to control your internet use; feel restless or irritable when attempting to cut down or stop Internet use; use the Internet as a way of escaping from problems or of relieving a poor mood (feelings of helplessness, guilt, anxiety or depression); lie to family members or friends to conceal the extent of involvement with the Internet; jeopardize or risk the loss of a significant relationship, job, educational or career opportunity because of the Internet; keep returning even after spending an excessive amount of money on on-line fees; go through withdrawal when offline (increased depression, anxiety); stay on-line longer than originally intended.

36. "Internet Addiction": Addictive Behavior, Transference Or More? Dr. Michael Fenichel, a clinical psychologist, comments on internet addictionas seen in daily practice and as a concept which is ripe for research. http://www.fenichel.com/addiction.shtml

"Internet Addiction": Addictive Behavior, Transference or More? Michael Fenichel, Ph.D. A look at internet relationships: Transference, Addiction, or Sublimation? Much attention has been paid to the phenomenon of Internet Addiction , conceived of as a compulsive behavior, or craving for connectedness, or perhaps even a manifestation of transference or a reflection of object relations, or need-fulfillment. Clearly the life of an "Internet addict" can be as multiply-determined as Windows and Mac operating systems can be multi-tasked . Computer use is increasingly becoming integrated into daily life, and so both the temptations and opportunities for "addiction" seem to continue increasing, exponentially. It is easy to see the tremendous role which "websurfing" has come to play in the quantity and quality of life experiences, among a wide range of Internet afficionados. For both good and bad. My work as a psychologist, as a volunteer in emergency communications in our nation's largest city, and as an Internet content provider and consumer, all lead me to an understanding of "Internet Addiction" which is clearly neither unidimensional nor uniquely psychoanalytical in explanation. In fact, interpersonal theory, structural theory, and learning theory converge to provide the well-heeled websurfer with an infinite opportunity for need gratification. Whether the feedback from the net (the behavioral/social learning/narcissism components), the behavioral reinforcers which come from e-mail and chat contacts, or the opportunity to bind or sublimate aggressive or libidinal impulses (psychoanalytic imperatives)...it is clear that a great many people known to both professional therapists and probably to you the reader, are what we now refer to, perhaps with a chuckle, as "Internet addicts". While common nomenclature and historical perspective (which treats "addiction" as a compleat entity) may or may not support the use of a specific diagnostic entity, "Internet Addiction", the use of the term appears already well-established as a concept within our midst.

37. BS Detector 'Internet Addiction' Meme Gets Media High It started as a joke. Now the 'internet addiction Disorder' is generating headlines and clinics. Wired News http://www.wired.com/news/news/story/844.html

38. Nurseweek/Healthweek |Internet Addiction? Many researchers even use the same term Goldberg used in his hoax, internet addiction disorder (IAD), to describe the addiction. http://www.nurseweek.com/features/97-8/iadct.html

By Anne Federwisch Illustration by Malcolm Garris/Photodisc August 8, 1997 Across the board, mental health experts agree the Internet has provided a valuable service to people looking for support groups, treatment options, and other help. Web sites, newsgroups, and e-mail lists all are very powerful resources for people to find the information and help they need," said psychologist John Suler, PhD, professor of psychology at Rider University in New Jersey and webmaster of the Psychology of Cyberspace Web site. But could the anonymity of the Net offer too much of a good thing to some netizens? That is the question some mental health experts are asking. Many researchers even use the same term Goldberg used in his hoax, "Internet addiction disorder" (IAD), to describe the addiction. Goldberg, who specializes in treating people with treatment-resistant mood disorders, fabricated and posted a list of IAD symptoms on PsyCom.Net

39. Is Internet Addiction Real? Computers in psychology resources, including cyberpsychology, internet addiction,Y2K anxiety, online psychotherapy, technology in education, and human http://www.victoriapoint.com/Addiction or not.htm

Home Net Addiction : Is Internet Addiction Real? "The answer lies in the fundamental nature of the Internet" "...it captivates some people to the point of what I call Information Masturbation " Is Internet Addiction Real? Richard A. Davis , M.A., York University H ave a friend that stays up into the wee hours of the night chatting online? Lost your child's future college tuition by day trading on the Internet? Spend most of your time selling your household "treasures" on eBay? Is electronic pornography eating away at your computer's available hard drive space? You may have symptoms of Internet addiction. Yes, that's right, I said Internet addiction. The idea is creeping into popular culture, too. Parents are warned about how long they should let their children stay online, and college students are lectured on appropriate Net use. Your employer may be monitoring your e-mails, or keeping tabs on how long you are spending surfing the Internet. Addiction clinics around the world are fielding calls daily regarding excessive Internet use. Whether you believe in the idea of Internet addiction or not, the phenomenon is gaining acceptance as a bona fide psychological disorder. At first, I was also skeptical of claims that people are addicted to the Internet. After 3 years of studying how people behave online, I still couldn't see how people could actually be addicted to the Net. Sure, people can be 'addicted' to chocolate or shopping, but is this

40. Internet Addiction Over the past several years, several clinicians have reported cases of Internetaddiction. Listen to Richard Davis discuss internet addiction in RealAudio. http://www.victoriapoint.com/piu.htm

A Cognitive-Behavioral Model of Pathological Internet Use (PIU) Richard A. Davis, M.A. York University *Please address comments and questions to davisr@yorku.ca Over the past several years, several clinicians have reported cases of Internet addiction. Until recently, the associated psychopathology has been loosely described in the literature. Symptoms such as obsessive thoughts about the Internet, tolerance, diminished impulse control, inability to cease using the Internet, and withdrawal have been cited as characterizing unhealthy use of the internet (Young, 1999). While the term Internet addiction has been used extensively, it seems to be somewhat of a misnomer (Davis, R.A., 1999). Addiction, as used in the literature, refers to a physiological dependence between a person and some stimulus, usually a substance. For this reason, the DSM-IV does not use addiction to describe pathological use or abuse of a substance or other such stimulus, nor does it describe compulsive gambling as an addiction. Instead, it favors the terms dependence (for substances) and pathological (for gambling disorders). Therefore, for the remainder of this article, the term pathological Internet Use (PIU) shall be used to describe the set of symptoms previously described.

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