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2008-03-19 Science & Technology

Net addicts mentally ill, psychiatrist argues

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Posted by tipper 2008-03-19 01:59|| || Front Page|| [4 views ] Top

#1 Dr Block said he believed about 86 per cent of internet addicts also had at least one other mental disorder.

Unfortunately, internet addiction is resistant to treatment, entails significant risks and has high relapse rates.

Significant risks? You mean like when my homicidal mania flares up when someone looks at my cable box outside my house in a threatening manner? What's so odd about that? Everybody thinks that way, it's just that nobody talks about it.

Posted by gorb 2008-03-19 02:30|| 2008-03-19 02:30|| Front Page Top

#2 I moved on Feb. 18th, and it was just yesterday that I finally got my internet connection at home working. And it was no problem! Really! Oh, sure, I tried hooking my keyboard up to my TV, but I was just being silly. It isn't true, though, that I tried to log on by stripping the phone cord and touching the copper wires together -- that was an accident. But they gave me tranquilizers after that, and they really helped.

(Seriously, I found myself thinking, "Why isn't there BlogTV? A Rantburg channel -- hey, that would be great! Naw, if there were such a thing as BlogTV, it would be all Daily Kos, all the time -- except for late night, which would be The Wonkette Files.)

Posted by Angie Schultz 2008-03-19 04:23|| 2008-03-19 04:23|| Front Page Top

#3 From what I can gather, there is a genetic susceptibility to addiction; it's almost a matter of chance what the person actually becomes addicted to.

Congratulations on your new home, Angie! Good lord -- can you imagine the state of our chew toys were Rantburg to be available on cable tv... or even radio? Even the Kos Kiddies would tune in to see how it's done.

Posted by trailing wife ">trailing wife 2008-03-19 07:11|| 2008-03-19 07:11|| Front Page Top

#4 So back in the 50s and 60s we were addicted to the boob tube by the same logic. Before then to radio and still are through 'elevator' music that hums in the stores and offices. I smell grant money too.

Posted by Procopius2k 2008-03-19 09:30|| 2008-03-19 09:30|| Front Page Top

#5 In my limited experience, a majority of psychologists and psychiatrists have mental disorders. I suspect those that don't seem to be affected are merely closet cases. Give them the grant money to keep them out of mischief and politics.

Posted by Darrell 2008-03-19 09:49|| 2008-03-19 09:49|| Front Page Top

#6 It's quite a thing, those google pop-up ads that show on the side of right side of the page.

Posted by Penguin 2008-03-19 10:41|| 2008-03-19 10:41|| Front Page Top

#7 OCD is more like it. To subtype it seem a bit of a stretch.

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#8 #4 - lol!

Posted by Crease Poodle1618 2008-03-19 12:56|| 2008-03-19 12:56|| Front Page Top

#9 In my limited experience, a majority of psychologists and psychiatrists have mental disorders.

I deal with them professionally on a daily basis. It's almost a prequalification.

Posted by Pappy 2008-03-19 14:36|| 2008-03-19 14:36|| Front Page Top

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