Internet and computer addiction should be recognised as a legitimate side effect of mental illness among adolescents, a psychiatrist has told a national psychiatry congress in Darwin. For three years, ...

MANILA, Philippines – The computer may have made life easier and tasks faster. But like all good things, it can be abused and lead to addiction, especially in children. They can be so obsessed with ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Tom Wood was always irritable, tired and not interested in anything but his "bloody computer", his father Ray Wood said. It was not ...

social, psychological, genetic, physical or chemical disturbance. It is measured in terms of deviation from some normative concepts. What does addiction mean? "It is a nonscientific term that implies ...

When trying to determine whether a child is addicted to computer games or the Internet, parents should not only consider the amount of time the child spends at it. This is according to Klaus Woelfling ...

Mark Pritchard, MP for The Wrekin, has called for more support to be given to schools and police forces in tackling the problem. Mr Pritchard tabled questions to both the Home Office and the ...

At this stage, it's a question of how bad your son's computer addiction is. Is it something you as a parent can try and control, or do you need a counsellor to hold sessions with the family to help ...