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 ...

With guest host Jane Clayson. Boot-camp style rehabilitation centers in China to treat Internet addiction, and the problem here in the US. A teenager under treatment in the documentary film "Web ...

At the time, Lauren didn’t know what was wrong. Now, she says she sees it clear as day: She had a burgeoning internet and ...

In 1997, when connecting to the internet still involved a lot of whirring and beeping, a study in Psychological Reports noted that "while individual cases of problems from excessive computer usage are ...

High above the frozen Potomac River in the nation’s capitol, Ryan Van Cleave stood on the Arlington Memorial Bridge, contemplating his life. It was New Year’s Eve 2007, and the married father of two ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Mark Travers writes about the world of psychology. A new article published in Frontiers in Psychology offers insight into ...

The invention of social media’s never-ending scroll birthed an unforeseen addiction to the internet, and now, researchers are attempting to measure screen dependency in new studies. Scientists from ...

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 ...

Internet addiction has become such a problem in the US that special treatment programmes have begun to spring up to help wean young people off their digital dependency. How long should kids spend on ...