New research shows that students in college Americans are addicted to the phone, social media and the Internet and demonstrate symptoms that are the same addictions to drugs or alcohol. The New York Times reports that researchers at the University of Maryland asked 200 students to give up all online communication for one day. These found that 24 hours later, many showed signs of drug properties, craving and irritability, along with a decrease in performance.
Susan Vollard, director of research and professor at the university press, said that many students said they wrote that they hated to lose their ties Ahahbertim online, according to some equivalent thing lost friends and family.
"I'm clearly addicted to my dependent is sick", said one of the students. Moeller noted that students were complaining especially about their need to send text messages (SMS), instant messaging, e-mail use Facebook. "Text Messaging IM members provide me a sense of comfort," said one student about his feelings on the blog. "When I had the option to send IM messages I felt lonely and disconnected from my life."
The New York Times reports the same article that the American Psychiatric Association does not recognize Internet addiction disorder. But it seems nevertheless a real mental disorder. South Korea pair of neglecting his daughter, aged 3 months, which eventually died of starvation, because they were immersed for 12 hours on the computer for a virtual growth.
United States opened a workshop called restart the Redmond headquarters near the software giant Microsoft to help address the use of surplus on the Internet, video games and text messages.
Cheli Peretz article published in 2001 on government information technology great number of distinctive features that repeat themselves regardless of the object of addiction. Here they are - still relevant today:
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1) neglect of the important components of human life following the behavior
2) Use a significant relationship of the person following behavior
3) anger and disappointment from people close to the person because of this behavior
4) defensive reaction or panic when there was criticism of the behavior
5) feeling of guilt and anxiety around the behavior
6) inability to reduce dose behavior in question ever need to raise the dose to reach a behavioral sense of pleasure is the same every time
7) Using behavior to escape reality
8) Comments of the physical and emotional withdrawal as an attempt to stop the behavior
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