The voluntary, 10-day program will admit up to four patients at a time. Sept. 4, 2013— -- A psychologist first coined the phrase "Internet addiction" in 1995, when the web was in its infancy. He ...

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — Taiwanese researchers have developed an AI-based brainwave screening method to detect early signs of ...

At the time, Lauren didn’t know what was wrong. Now, she says she sees it clear as day: She had a burgeoning internet and ...

The invention of social media’s never-ending scroll birthed an unforeseen addiction to the internet, and now, researchers are attempting to measure screen dependency in new studies. Scientists from ...

With guest host Jane Clayson. Boot-camp style rehabilitation centers in China to treat Internet addiction, and the problem here in the US. A teenager under treatment in the documentary film "Web ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Mark Travers writes about the world of psychology. A new article published in Frontiers in Psychology offers insight into ...

High above the frozen Potomac River in the nation’s capitol, Ryan Van Cleave stood on the Arlington Memorial Bridge, contemplating his life. It was New Year’s Eve 2007, and the married father of two ...

Alexander Rhodes stumbled on internet pornography accidentally at the age of 11. His initial curiosity soon became compulsion, and from there, addiction. Over the next decade, his addiction to ...

More a popular idea than a scientifically valid concept, internet addiction is the belief that people can become so dependent on using their mobile phones or other electronic devices that they lose ...

Internet addiction has become such a problem in the US that special treatment programmes have begun to spring up to help wean young people off their digital dependency. How long should kids spend on ...