Natalie Carney – Internet Addiction Rises in Turkey

Natalie Carney – Internet Addiction Rises in Turkey – More and more people are “logging on” as the Internet becomes increasingly available to everyone, even those in the most remote corners of the world. However with this surge of web users, comes a surge of web addicts. Although the concept of “internet addiction” has been debated by specialists since the mid 90’s, Turkey has been progressively acknowledging the illness by opening Internet addiction clinics all across the country to help treat this modern day problem. Natalie Carney has more from Istanbul

Do You Have the 'Internet–Addiction Gene'?

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Another site reported that scientists have "nailed down the gene responsible for internet addiction." Is it true? No, but its falseness is interesting for what it says both about the nature of our addictions and about how scientific researchers …
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Internet Addiction Clinics Cracking Down on Beatings

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As The Register points out, a 2008 government supported report stated that those who gamed more than six hours in a day and then experienced withdrawal type symptoms suffered from Internet Addiction Disorder. To combat this, treatment clinics, which …
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