Add Internet addiction to psychiatric disorders, says doctor: “Last week, we covered news from the Solutions Research Group regarding their report on Disconnect Anxiety; a condition that they claim can result from Internet deprivation. Although it sounds at first like a laughing matter, it’s one that is gaining currency among some within the field of psychiatry. An editorial in the current American Journal of Psychiatry argues that Internet and gaming addiction should be added to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) V, the handbook of mental disorders used by mental health workers in the US.”
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