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Alcohol, drugs, food, sex, and even shopping are all candidates for medical treatment and are recognized as genuine mental disorders, so what about the Internet? Internet addiction -defined as “excessive gaming, sexual pre-occupations, and email/text messaging” – is becoming so common that at least one psychiatrist says it merits inclusion in psychiatry’s official handbook of mental illness, the “Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders.”

Dr. Jerald Block of the Oregon Health and Science University is the latest voice pushing for this inclusion, noting that tech junkies display genuinely debilitating behavior, including drug-like cravings, withdrawal, and a constant need for more and better gear – just like a substance addict might exhibit.

The “Manual of Mental Disorders” won’t be published again until 2012, but an early draft will arrive for public comment in 2009. Meanwhile, mind docs say the problem is growing, now possibly affecting up to 10 percent of Internet users. Recent studies are surprising, indicating the problem is worst not among game-obsessed teens, but rather among middle-aged women who stay at home, constantly on the computer as a way of connecting to the outside world.

Is computer use (or computer downtime) causing a problem in your life? If so, you might be an addict. But you’ll have to wait a few more years to find out for sure.

Taken From: http://tech.yahoo.com/blogs/null/87251

Joy:

 Yalla, why all this nonsense? It was not a suicide, it was an accident. He has a large family that is in intense mourning and who request privacy. Why is that so hard for people to understand? Anybody close to him know of his death. It is a tragedy and people should respect his life instead of dragging his death through tabloid-like drama.

Leah Kleim:

So f**king what ! It was f**king drug induced, enough said ! That is why we teach our kids not to do drugs, because they are f**king dangerous and accidents happen and lots of people get hurt. The frum “community” has a huge and growing drug problem that no one will address, we shove it under the carpet and hope it goes away ! This hits home with me in many ways, The next victim of a drug induced “accident” just may be my younger sister, she is flying high down that road.
How many “frum’ kids need to OD for some one to stand up instead of shut up about it ? are we f**king insane ? ignoring a problem does not make it go away, addressing one and causing awareness and fear is what starts the end of the epidemic.
Yasher Koach, and if you live in some fun loving drug free world and have never been affected by anything like this in your life and you have happy f**king rainbow shit to say about it, then please stay the f**k off the topic and go stick your two stupid cents somewhere else, or cruise Ebay with your precious f**king happy time.

Part I : http://lovelifelikeyourself.wordpress.com/2008/03/24/why-is-everyone-covering-up-the-latest-suicide/