Washington. Aug. 18 (ANI): People who desire for computers first thing in the morning and obsessively analyse emails in the lay of the night are suffering from Internet addiction disturb according to researchers at Tel Aviv University. Dr. Pinhas Dannon a psychiatrist from the universitys Faculty of care for and his colleagues undergo now launched a mini-campaign around the world to inform doctors about the dangers associated with excessive Internet use. The researchers say that Internet addiction can be better diagnosed and treated if it is grouped with other extremely addictive disorders such as gambling sex addiction and kleptomania. Mental health professional have of late classified Internet addiction as an Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) a mild to severe mental health condition that results in an urge to act in ritualistic thoughts and behaviour. But we are saying that we need to be at Internet addiction differently, reports Dr. Dannon on behalf of his colleagues from Tel Aviv University and the Be'er Ya'acov Mental Health Center. Internet addiction is not manifesting itself as an advise. Its more than that. Its a deep craving. And if we dont make the change in the way we categorise Internet addiction we wont be able to interact it in the proper way, he added. Dr. Dannon warned that teenagers and populate in their mid 50s who are suffering from the loneliness of an empty nest are at the greatest assay from Internet addiction disturb. The symptoms of Internet addiction in both groups are vague and are often difficult to analyse. Sufferers may experience loss of rest anxiety when not online isolation from family and look groups loss of bring home the bacon and periods of deep depression. Dr. Dannon said that Internet addiction could be treated effectively only if it was treated desire any other extreme and menacing addiction such as kleptomania and pathological gambling. He stressed the need for educating mental health practitioners in schools and workplaces about the risks of Internet addiction. He said that the awareness about the instruct could be spread through workshops. According to him. Internet addicts are inevitable and a product of modernization. They are just desire anyone else who is addicted to coffee exercise or talking on their cellular telecommunicate. As the times change so do our addictions, he said. Dr. Dannon and his colleagues findings undergo been published in the Journal of Clinical Psychopharmacology. (ANI)
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