The paper examines how increased incidence of the Internet is leading to an increase in internet addiction.
This paper examines the causes, effects and possible solutions to Internet Addiction Disorder. This disorder has the capability to have a devastating effect on a personal, physical, and financial level for those who suffer from it. The paper shows how personal and work goals, as well as relationships are replaced by a virtual world, which often damages the addicted person’s financial resources, relationships and has potentially physically harmful effects.
Do you know someone that stays on-line longer than they intend? Or maybe you know someone that lies about the amount of time they have spent on-line? If that person meets at least four other such criteria out of a given seven, they may be suffering from what has come to be known as Internet Addiction Disorder (IAD). Some experts maintain that this is a valid psychophysiological disorder which involves tolerance, withdrawal symptoms, affective disturbances, and interruption of social relationships, as is characteristic of all addictive disorders. Still others criticize this whole disorder as merely hype; one can overdo anything, they argue.