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Internet addiction: the next mental illness?

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  1. 2015/07/20
    Arie

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    Internet addiction and the dangers that excessive computer gaming poses to children and adolescents are receiving fresh attention with the scheduled premiere of the documentary "Web Junkie" on PBS Monday.

    The documentary highlights an alarming trend in China. There are similar patterns in South Korea, where the government estimates roughly one in 10 children between the ages of 10 and 19 are addicted to the Internet.

    But to see the issue up close, we don't have to look any further than home soil, or sometimes home itself.

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