Comments on: Should internet addiction be a mental disorder? http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2007/02/should-internet-addiction-be-mental.html medical blog Mon, 15 Mar 2010 19:26:26 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Anonymous http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2007/02/should-internet-addiction-be-mental.html/comment-page-1#comment-72187 Anonymous Sat, 24 Feb 2007 06:34:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2007/02/should-internet-addiction-be-a-mental-disorder.html#comment-72187 This is stupid! If you do that then I guess any activity that anyone spends a significant amt of time doing should be treated as an addiction.<br/><br/>Bikers, runners, ball players= addiction. This is stupid! If you do that then I guess any activity that anyone spends a significant amt of time doing should be treated as an addiction.

Bikers, runners, ball players= addiction.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2007/02/should-internet-addiction-be-mental.html/comment-page-1#comment-72165 Anonymous Fri, 23 Feb 2007 04:08:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2007/02/should-internet-addiction-be-a-mental-disorder.html#comment-72165 <i>How is it that different from a gambling addiction?</i><br/>You cannot loose all of your money on the internet?<br/><br/>I like the idea for it to be considered a mental disorder. Then anybody who is fired for spending too much time on the internet during work ours could claim discrimination. How about making it a disability? My work requires me to use computers, but I can't because I am addicted to the internet. I should get the disability payments from my company which by the way is around 70% of my salary. Cool. How is it that different from a gambling addiction?
You cannot loose all of your money on the internet?

I like the idea for it to be considered a mental disorder. Then anybody who is fired for spending too much time on the internet during work ours could claim discrimination. How about making it a disability? My work requires me to use computers, but I can’t because I am addicted to the internet. I should get the disability payments from my company which by the way is around 70% of my salary. Cool.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2007/02/should-internet-addiction-be-mental.html/comment-page-1#comment-72157 Anonymous Fri, 23 Feb 2007 02:22:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2007/02/should-internet-addiction-be-a-mental-disorder.html#comment-72157 It seems like, inasmuch as all addictive behavior is already considered a mental disorder, that internet addiction should be no different. How is it that different from a gambling addiction? It seems like, inasmuch as all addictive behavior is already considered a mental disorder, that internet addiction should be no different. How is it that different from a gambling addiction?

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