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Unfortunately, attempts to quantify internet addiction have thus far been scandalously unscientific. One of the early researchers in this field, Dr. Stephanie Young, practiced dubious methodology by adopting the DSM-IV’s criteria for compulsive gambling as a model, and tweaking them accordingly. In another document she says, “If your Internet use pattern interferes with your life in any way shape or form … you may have a problem,” a sweeping and problematic statement made even more suspect by Dr. Young’s web site, where she sells her books and tapes and offers up her services to attorneys needing an expert witness.


Another online resource , in an attempt to associate an internet ‘high’ with the high from drugs or alcohol actually quotes a cable modem installer, who told him he’d “never seen such strong reactions from people as when their Internet service is interrupted. He described a significant ‘withdrawal’ from the Internet (as compared to TV) when their Internet access went down.”


Addiction scholarship, vis-à-vis internet compulsions, can not rely on the descriptive powers of a cable guy.


The internet makes a number of ‘tests’ available to site visitors that purport to diagnose internet addiction, but the reader is cautioned not to take any one of them too seriously. Only a licensed doctor, therapist or health care professional is qualified to make any kind of diagnosis.


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