Addiction Treatment

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Is it possible to become addicted to Facebook? According to a recent news report, this type of addiction can have a major impact on an individual as it can create a tremendous disconnect from friends and family. It can seem quite backwards that a site designed to keep you in touch with friends could actually alienate an individual. The problem is that the virtual world in which Facebook operates is not the ...

Back in 1994 at the dawn of the Internet age, no one ever dreamed it would catch on so big and lay claim to so many of us. Flash forward to today and you can’t imagine the world without cyberspace. As parents, many of us probably gravitated toward the Internet in incremental phases. After all, it was a novelty. You did need a computer and an Internet connection (and those were slow dial-up speeds at that), ...

It really is amazing to consider the different things that can be addictive. While substances such as alcohol, drugs and nicotine are well-known for their addictive qualities, other elements may not be so obvious. One growing area of addiction is that of Internet users and for adolescents, the problem is worse if they also suffer from ADHD. ...