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	Q&A with Dr. Orzack (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Addiction to the computer and/or Internet is a complex problem which is developing due to the rapid spread of computer use around the world.
		Computer addiction, like other addictions, is the use of computers in order to change an individual's mood.
		Computer addicts can be people who are depressed, lonely, afraid to go out, in high family conflicts, and, generally, people in trouble because they can't leave their computers.
	www.computeraddiction.com /peter.htm (1028 words)

	"Internet Addiction": Addictive Behavior, Transference or More?
		Computer use is increasingly becoming integrated into daily life, and so both the temptations and opportunities for "addiction" seem to continue increasing, exponentially.
		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.
		Surely overall life functioning has to be among the criteria, as should consideration of what may in effect be "hobby addiction" or "gadget addiction" or "information addiction", to use that paradigm, or perhaps, in contrast, what we're seeing is a form of social avoidance rather than transference neurosis.
	www.fenichel.com /addiction.shtml (620 words)

	Computer and Video Game Addiction \| MediaWise.org (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Computer use has reached beyond work and is now a major source of fun and entertainment for many people.
		When time spent on the computer, playing video games or cruising the Internet reaches a point that it harms a child's or adult's family and social relationships, or disrupts school or work life, that person may be caught in a cycle of addiction.
		Like other addictions, the computer or video game has replaced friends and family as the source of a person's emotional life.
	www.mediafamily.org /facts/facts_gameaddiction.shtml (588 words)

	Computer Addiction
		They recognized that persons with computer addiction turn to the Internet or play computer games for different reasons: attempting to change moods, to overcome anxiety, to deal with depression, to reduce their loneliness, to distract themselves from the overwhelming problems and sometimes like my husband just to have fun.
		They possess an overdeveloped sense of importance for the computer in ones life, and defend the right to use the computer as much as desired, regardless of the fact that people in their life are feeling neglected.
		Those with computer addiction experiment feeling of euphoria, combined with feelings of guilt brought on by the excessive time spent on the computer or by the abnormal behavior acted out while using the computer.
	www.csun.edu /~me63569/paper2.html (1847 words)

	Teen Internet addictions.
		Negative consequences experienced by the computer user or his/her friends or family as a direct result of time or activities spent on the computer.
		Defending your right to use the computer as much as desired, regardless of the fact that people in your life are feeling left out and neglected.
		Preoccupation with the computer and computer activities when you are not using the computer (thinking about the computer and its activities when doing something else; i.e.
	www.warningsigns.info /computer_addiction.htm (509 words)

	Compulsive Behavior Intervention - Addiction Intervention Resources
		Computer addiction is a compulsive obsession with computers or internet that interferes with normal living.
		Finding yourself using the computer at times when you are feeling uncomfortable, irritated, or sad about something happening in your life or using time on the computer to become externally focused outside yourself as a way to avoid facing what is happening in your life, and avoiding feeling the appropriate feelings inside yourself.
		Addiction Intervention Resources moves your family out of crisis and assists in addressing your loved one’s computer addiction.
	www.addictionintervention.com /addiction/otherbehaviors.asp (1637 words)

	Are We Addicted to the Computer? \| TOPICS Online Magazine \| ESL/EFL \| Sandy and Thomas Peters
		They say obsessive use of computers to surf the web, join chat room discussions, and play video games is a real and growing addiction.
		There are a lot of people who are addicted to TV and watch it 5 to 7 hours a day,and I believe using the computer is becoming an addiction, too.
		Addiction to the Internet is becoming a very serious issue.
	www.topics-mag.com /edition12/computers-addiction.htm (651 words)

	The Psychology of Cyberspace - Computer and Cyberspace Addiction
		But as in all addictions, the problem is where to draw the line between "normal" enthusiasm and "abnormal" preoccupation.
		Looking at it from a clinical perspective, these pathological addictions usually have their origin early in a person's life, where they can be traced to significant deprivations and conflicts.
		COLA -- Center for On-Line Addiction (http://netaddiction.com) - This comprehensive project conducted by Dr. Kimberly Young is devoted to the study of cyberspace addictions.
	www.rider.edu /~suler/psycyber/cybaddict.html (2246 words)

	Computer Addiction: Implications for Nursing Psychotherapy Practice Perspectives in Psychiatric Care - Find Articles (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Computer addiction may also present with comorbidities such as depression, gambling, substance abuse, and marital infidelity and divorce.
		Given the increased use of computers in today's society, there is the potential for overuse of technology and neglect of others and self as a result of computer addiction.
		Notably, addictions occur not only to legal and illegal drugs and alcohol, but can be manifested by addictive behaviors such as compulsive gambling, chronic overeating, sexual compulsions, and television watching (Young, 1998).
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_qa3804/is_200510/ai_n15935562 (786 words)

	Computer Addiction! - What you think is a joke, is real!
		Computer, one of the 20th century wonders, have found an easy way to flourish among people as it received a wide acceptance from people ever since its first appearance on the market.
		This kind of addiction may sound absurd and implausible to some of us; however, it is an indisputable fact and we should concede that it exists in Egypt, and deal with it accordingly.
		The problem of computer addiction is aggravating as the number of addicts is increasing at a quick pace, but in an unnoticeable way.
	www.angelfire.com /hi4/mostafa2000/computeraddiction.html (6184 words)

	UTD Counseling Center: Self-Help: Overcoming Pornography Addiction
		At first it is almost impossible for someone caught up in a pornography addiction to believe that he or she can find real sexual enjoyment and better sexual pleasure with a person instead of a fantasy.
		One of the great rewards of overcoming a pornography addiction is the ability to be fully committed to another person in a loving way, having nothing to hide and enjoying great sex.
		With an effective approach and honesty on your part, you can overcome your addiction and reap the benefits of living life in reality, and discovering that fantasy sex is not nearly as enjoyable as genuine, loving sex.
	www.utdallas.edu /counseling/selfhelp/porn-addiction.html (579 words)

	Computer Addiction
		Webster's Concise Dictionary defines addiction as "a habit so strong that one cannot give it up." We are all aware that people form addictions to many things, from cocaine to gambling.
		"Computers" are a very large field, encompassing many subdomains and programs, each of which tends to reflect or magnify various aspects of reality.
		They feel the compulsion to spend so much of their time computing that it causes problems with their health, finances, relationships, etc. -- the same kinds of problems caused by other addictions with which we are more familiar.
	cse.stanford.edu /class/cs201/projects-95-96/computer-addiction (270 words)

	Hooked on the Web? Help is on the way (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		But along with her patients, Cash, who runs Internet/Computer Addiction Services here in the city that is home to Microsoft, is a pioneer in a growing niche in mental health care and addiction recovery.
		But, mental health professionals who support the diagnosis of Internet addiction say, a majority of obsessive users are online to further addictions to gambling or pornography or have become much more dependent on those vices because of their prevalence on the Internet.
		On a list of 15 symptoms of Internet addiction used for diagnosis by Internet/Computer Addiction Services, Mike, who is unemployed, checked off 13, including intense cravings for the computer, lying about how much time he spends online, withdrawing from hobbies and social interactions, back pain and weight gain.
	www.azcentral.com /ent/pop/articles/1202webaddiction1202.html (447 words)

	UTD Counseling Center: Self-Help:Computer Addiction
		Anyone who uses a computer could be vulnerable, but especially those people who are lonely, shy, easily bored, or suffering from another addiction or impulse control disorder.
		Computer abuse can result from people using it repeatedly as their main stress reliever, instead of having a variety of ways to cope with negative events and feelings.
		While discussions are ongoing about whether excessive use of the computer/Internet is an addiction, the potential problematic behaviors and effects on the users seem to be clear.
	www.utdallas.edu /counseling/selfhelp/computer-addiction.html (712 words)

	Berkeley Parents Network: Computer Game Addiction
		I think his ideal life would be sitting in front of a computer monitor with an IV in his arm to deliver enough nutrients and caffeine that he wouldn't have to eat or sleep.
		Some may feel that the word addiction is thrown around too lightly these days and that this is not a true addiction.
		His social life comes ahead of computer games, so the problem is not completely desperate, but computer use continues to be a big big problem.
	parents.berkeley.edu /advice/teens/gameaddiction.html (1349 words)

	Computer Games - Addiction - M/Cyclopedia of New Media
		Addiction has been defined as "A primary, chronic disease, characterized by impaired control over the use of a psychoactive substance and/or behaviour.
		According to Mary Schlimme, addiction â€œâ€¦behaviours include failure to stop playing games, difficulties in work or school, telling lies to loved ones, decreased attention to personal hygiene, decreased attention to family and friends, and disturbances in the sleep cycle.
		Due to the growing concern of video game addiction many addiction services are service able.
	wiki.media-culture.org.au /index.php/Computer_Games_-_Addiction (744 words)

	Computer and Cyberspace Addiction
		Perhaps we should call the phenomenon a "Computer Addiction." Also, let's not forget the very powerful, but now seemingly mundane and almost accepted addiction that some people develop to video games.
		Like computers, telephones are a technologically enhanced form of communication and may fall into the category of "computer mediated communication" (aka, CMC) - as the researchers are dubbing internet activities.
		When people lose their jobs, or flunk out of school, or are divorced by their spouses because they cannot resist devoting all of their time to virtual lands, they are pathologically addicted.
	www.planetpsych.com /zPsychology_101/cyber_addiction.htm (2057 words)

	People can combat computer addiction / July 1996 / FPR (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Young adults in her 1994-95 study worked through three 15-minute computer sessions over two months, and they set their own pace for change.
		Gillispie and her colleagues have also developed Pap test, STD, and health assessment computer programs and are conducting a study on binge drinking among college students.
		This material is from a special section on "Computers and Family Practice" in the July 1996 issue of FP Report, published by the AAFP News Department.
	www.aafp.org /fpr/july96/computer/addict.html (300 words)

	When games stop being fun \| CNET News.com
		Long a subject of half-serious jokes among devotees of computer and video games, game addiction is receiving serious attention lately as fantasy games such as "EverQuest"--nicknamed "EverCrack" by many players--proliferate.
		Maressa Hecht Orzack, director of Computer Addiction Services at Harvard University-affiliated McLean Hospital, said the social aspect is a primary factor in many game addictions.
		Like most addictions, the toughest part of recovering from game addiction is often getting the addict to acknowledge there's a problem--a task made all the more difficult by the seemingly innocuous nature of games.
	news.com.com /2100-1040-881673.html (1616 words)

	Computer addiction? Nah, probably just modern life, experts say (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The answer depends on what you mean by "addicted." Most experts say computers are not addictive in the same sense that drugs are, but they could be on the same level as gambling.
		To count as a real addiction in Griffith's view, it has to be destructive, cause withdrawal symptoms and prompt ever greater use to maintain the kick.
		For Internet addiction to get there, more research needs to be done to differentiate it from other compulsive patterns, she said.
	www.post-gazette.com /pg/06042/653695.stm (973 words)

	Reed--Computer Addiction
		With this in mind, it is important to investigate the discourse on computer addiction as simultaneously a prescriptive, moral, and "normalizing" discourse on gender, sexuality, and the family.
		Early in the history of computing, the "friendship" between people and computers was largely a friendship between men and their computers, and it was during this time that the term "computer widow" emerged (cf.
		Glenda expresses regret for her "anti-family" practices as self-mobilizes the addiction apparatus as a means to gain (and to speak) her freedom to choose her own behavior, and to return to her "true" self.
	chnm.gmu.edu /ematters/issue6/reed/reed-body.htm (4915 words)

	AskMen.com - Computer addiction
		Preoccupation with the computer and related activities when you are not using the computer (thinking about the computer and its activities when doing something else; i.e.
		While time is not a direct function in defining internet addiction, generally, addicted users are likely to use the Internet anywhere from forty to eighty hours per week (it becomes like a full-time job), with single sessions that could last up to twenty hours.
		Additionally, the sedentary act of prolonged computer use may result in a lack of proper exercise and lead to an increased risk for carpal tunnel syndrome, back strain, or eyestrain.
	www.askmen.com /fashion/body_and_mind/16b_better_living.html (794 words)

	Computer Addiction - TweakGuides Forums
		Consoles are great don't get me wrong but they seem to be a peg lower than computers, they dont have the capabilities and features but they don't have the long list of issues and tech problems so its a trade off between the two.
		If you have the patients a computer is far superior to any console and that being a post in itself i'll stop there.
		But just recently i spent 2000$ Canadian dollars upgrading my computer, yes upgrading not buying an entirely new system so i've been shelling out a load of cash for this machine, and yet even though i know it will be outdated in a few years i still wanna spend.
	forums.tweakguides.com /showthread.php?t=416 (1215 words)

	Intervention Center - Addiction Diagnoses
		The second is from Stanton Peele, a prominent voice against the prevailing views on addiction.
		"Primary" suggests that alcoholism, as an addiction, is not a symptom of an underlying disease state.
		Addiction must be understood in relation to an experience.
	www.intervention.com /defns.html (2259 words)

	Newsletter 899 - Video/Computer Game Addiction
		Not only is the addiction unhealthy, but the physical stagnation in front of these machines surely cannot be good for body, mind or spirit.
		Radiation from a computer rather than the sun, sitting rather than engaging in active life, and reclusion rather than social interaction combine to become a formula for disaster.
		psychological symptoms experienced by adult addicts include having a sense of well-being or euphoria while at the computer, inability to stop, craving more and more time at the computer, neglecting family and friends, feeling empty, depressed or irritable when not at the computer, and lying to family or an employer about computer activities.
	www.wysong.net /health/hl_899.shtml (917 words)

	computer addiction (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		In the society that we live in, we are forced to incorporate computers as part of our every day live.
		The high tech society that we live in has strayed from the Industrial Age into a Technology based and crazed culture where a machine and "invisible" or cyber space is now the crave and addiction of nearly everyone.
		How can we not need this device and useful technolgy when nearly everything we do requires us to have a computer and be on-line.
	www.ic.sunysb.edu /Stu/cpeluso/compaddiction1.html (188 words)

	Computer Addiction
		The court agreed with his claim that Luci's excessive use of the computer was abnormal.
		Maressa Hecht Orzack, a Harvard University psychologist, cites this true case as an example that computer addiction is real and a growing problem.
		As founder and director of Computer Addiction Services at McLean Hospital, a Harvard-affiliated teaching hospital in Belmont, Mass., she receives messages every day from people who ask for help or want information about the signs of computer addiction.
	www.theallengroup.com /members/Compaddict.html (1189 words)

	Game addiction - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		People claiming to be negatively affected by those suffering from game addiction are frequently designated as a gamer widow or gamer widower.
		It is thought by some in the scientific community that game addiction could be linked, in part, to the stimulated release of dopamine.
		Dopamine, a chemical produced by the brain, functions as a neurotransmitter and affects the way the brain controls body movement and the flow of information between different neurocognitive functions, especially memory, attention and problem-solving; all of which can be used while playing video games.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Game_addiction (898 words)

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