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Internet Addiction To Be Added to Manual of Mental Disorders - Digg

First, we all had mild Asperger's. Now, Internet addiction disorder? Give a geek a break. In the March issue of the American Journal of Psychiatry, Jerald Block proposed that Web abuse be added to his field's bible, the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders.

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Mental health 'bible' starts revamp with new terminology, diagnoses

news-medical.net — “The Wall Street Journal: "Mental-health experts wrestling with how to fit temper tantrums, hoarding and even Internet addiction into the current understanding of mental illness are proposing changes to the field's primary reference for diagnoses for the first time in 16 years. The draft revisions of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders"the bible for mental health clinicians and researchers"unveiled Wednesday could have effects that ripple through mental health care.&quo” View full resource at news-medical.net

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Psychiatrists rewriting the mental health bible - Los Angeles Times

latimes.com — “Is the compulsion to hoard things a mental disorder? How about the practice of eating excessively at night?And what of Internet addiction: Should it be diagnosed and treated?As the clock ticks” View full resource at latimes.com