Talk:Internet addiction disorder

Latest comment: 2 days ago by IntentionallyDense in topic Pseudoscience

Criticism of internet addiction disorder

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Criticism section is missing. "Internet addiction disorder" seem to be kinda "fake" term created just to shift attention from "mental disorder" to "problem of Internet" - just to show internet as source of mental issues (demonization of the internet), or even if there are some people with true Internet addiction disorder, term "Internet addiction disorder" is definitely overused. Why is "Internet addiction disorder" overused over bibliomania? What is the difference? Eurohunter (talk) 17:08, 29 June 2023 (UTC)Reply

Criticism sections are generally dissuaded, since criticism should be incorporated throughout the article.
Anyway, the criticism is: just because something is at the same time:
  • fun (pleasant);
  • useful;
  • used a lot;
it does not automatically mean it is an addiction (or disorder). tgeorgescu (talk) 22:28, 19 October 2024 (UTC)Reply

Trim "Related Disorders" section

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It looks like the "Related Disorders" section is overly long and detracts from the article as a whole. I'm going to do a bit of pruning. If others want to join, that would be great. If others have any concerns, let's discuss below. Nowa (talk) 16:53, 19 February 2024 (UTC)Reply

Wiki Education assignment: Psychology Capstone

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Citation flags

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It seems like we have enough medical references now to remove this template - just checking to see what others think
Hoping to dive into recent, reliable secondary medical sources and clean-up the body some if anyone who has more of a medical background is interested in pitching in Superb Owl (talk) 14:49, 2 October 2024 (UTC)Reply

Wiki Education assignment: IFS213-Hacking and Open Source Culture, Fall 2024

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Pseudoscience

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the concept that the the internet is addictive and the use of the term "addiction disorder" with regards to the internet is considerd a psudoscience by modern psychology. please indicate this in the article. RJJ4y7 (talk) 11:27, 22 November 2024 (UTC)Reply

@RJJ4y7 Where did you read that internet addiction disorder is considered a pseudoscience by modern psychology? There is quite a few WP:MEDRS sources backing it up. IntentionallyDense (Contribs) 20:18, 22 November 2024 (UTC)Reply