Internet addiction is an umbrella term that refers to the compulsive need to spend a great deal of time on the Internet, to the point where relationships, work and health are allowed to suffer. Medical opinion is divided on whether Internet addiction exists as a mental disorder in its own right. Professional treatment, which may include cognitive behaviour therapy, aims to allow the person to use the Internet properly rather than compulsively.

1. INTERNET ADDICTION

2. DEFINITION:
Internet addiction is defined as any online related,
compulsive behaviour which interfere with normal living
and causes severe stress on family, friends, loved one and
work environment.

3. SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS:
 Lack of sleep
 Loss of exercise
 Carpal tunnel syndrome
 Eye and back strain
 Depression
 Mood swings
 Head pain
 Anxiety

4. CAUSES:
 Information addicts
 Social disorder
 Loneliness
 Shifting from a real world addiction
 Anxiety

5. TYPES OF INTERNET
ADDICTION:
 Web sufer
 Pornography/ cyber sexual
 Chat rooms/ Online dating/Social networking
 Gaming and online gambling
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6. RISK FACTORS:
 Inter personal difficulties
 Poor social support
 Psychological factors
 Neurological factors

7. DIAGNOSTIC EVALUATION:
 Addictive behaviour inventory
 Internet behaviour dependance
 Problematic internet use
 Questionarie
 Internet addiction disorder scale
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8. TREATMENT:
 Cognitive behavioural therapy
 Learning time management
 Medications
 Group therapy
 Reality therapy
 Art therapy
 Electro convulsive therapy
 Behavioural modification
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9. MANAGEMENT:
 Emotional management
 Recreational therapy
 Family therapy
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10. COMPLICATION;
 Paranoid
 Carpal tunnel syndrome
 Depression
 Stress
 Insomnia