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Internet addiction a mental disorder?

November 16, 2008

Global Voices Online ยป China: Too much time online? You got psychosis.

China will be the first country to define internet addiction as a type of mental disorder. The national Ministry of Health has accepted a manual by Chinese psychologists which categorizes obsession with internet as a mental disease, and it is expected to turn into a guideline for all the hospitals in China very soon.

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