Does the idea of going to bed without watching reels sound impossible to you? Are you the sort of person whose hands immediately reach for the phone at the slightest hint of boredom? Do you feel bored ...

There’s been a lot of controversy about some of the maladies included in the freshly revised Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Health Disorders (DSM-V). Internet addiction, or formally, ...

Many people spend hours on the internet every week – but some people can’t pull away. For individuals with internet addiction, there’s a type of short-term therapy that can be an effective treatment, ...

The voluntary, 10-day program will admit up to four patients at a time. Sept. 4, 2013— -- A psychologist first coined the phrase "Internet addiction" in 1995, when the web was in its infancy. He ...

Many of us know that feeling: Your eyes are glazed over, your back is hunched, you’re staring at a screen, and you just can’t seem to stop. If you spend so much time online — on a phone, computer, ...

Marc Potenza, a psychiatrist at Yale and the director of the school’s Program for Research on Impulsivity and Impulse Control Disorders, has been treating addiction for more than two decades. Early in ...

Recovery starts with detox and support groups. Or with workers in hazmat suits sealing away your electronic devices in containers marked “biohazard.” Or with a trip to a remote stretch of desert, ...

When her youngest daughter, Olivia, was in middle school, Mary watched her disappear behind a screen. (Names have been changed to protect the family’s identities). Her once bubbly daughter went from ...

Researchers found that while basketball and swimming offer some cognitive benefits, footbike training uniquely boosts both focus and self-control, making it the top exercise for tackling internet ...

More a popular idea than a scientifically valid concept, internet addiction is the belief that people can become so dependent on using their mobile phones or other electronic devices that they lose ...

Dr. Mark Griffiths has received research funding from a wide range of organizations including the Economic and Social Research Council, the British Academy and the Responsibility in Gambling Trust. He ...