IAD (Internet addiction) and it's treatment options ....
I was doing some research for a talk I am planning on IAD when I came across this article talking about whether or not it should be classified as a real addiction.
Quoted from this article is the following snippet ~
"Young, who treats people with Internet problems, is executive director of the Center for On-line Addiction (www.netaddiction.com). Hers is the first behavioral health-care firm to specialize in Internet-related disorders, offering online treatment."
Whilst this is becoming a serious problem all over the world, with reports of a person dying from too much online gaming in China, I found it rather ironic that a group would create an online community to help people suffering from being online too much. It's like hosting the local AA meeting at a pub during happy hour, or offering free membership to the nastiest porn sites out there to people who suffer from porn addiction.
Surely it would make more sense to setup a support group where suffers of IAD can meet and speak to real people face-to-face?
Or offer to mail them a book to read, or anything else but for heavens sake keep them away from the web.