Scribd Logo
Upload

Welcome to Scribd!

  • 32 views

    Are You An Internet Addict?

    Uploaded by

    Francesca
    Experts estimate that 5-10% of Americans, or 15-30 million people, suffer from internet addiction which can severely impact people's lives and relationships. Recovery from internet addiction requires lifelong treatment and management, as with other forms of addiction, though specialized treatment programs aim to help people overcome their addiction within 30-90 days. While gaming is increasingly a cause of internet addiction among youth, experts note that many online activities can potentially become addictive.

    Copyright:

    © All Rights Reserved
    Download as DOCX, PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd

    Are You An Internet Addict?

    Uploaded by

    Francesca
    32 views1 page
    Experts estimate that 5-10% of Americans, or 15-30 million people, suffer from internet addiction which can severely impact people's lives and relationships. Recovery from internet addiction requires lifelong treatment and management, as with other forms of addiction, though specialized treatment programs aim to help people overcome their addiction within 30-90 days. While gaming is increasingly a cause of internet addiction among youth, experts note that many online activities can potentially become addictive.

    Original Title

    Internet addiction

    Copyright

    © © All Rights Reserved

    Available Formats

    DOCX, PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd

    Did you find this document useful?

    Is this content inappropriate?

    Experts estimate that 5-10% of Americans, or 15-30 million people, suffer from internet addiction which can severely impact people's lives and relationships. Recovery from internet addiction requires lifelong treatment and management, as with other forms of addiction, though specialized treatment programs aim to help people overcome their addiction within 30-90 days. While gaming is increasingly a cause of internet addiction among youth, experts note that many online activities can potentially become addictive.

    Copyright:

    © All Rights Reserved
    Download as DOCX, PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd
    Download as docx, pdf, or txt
    32 views1 page

    Are You An Internet Addict?

    Uploaded by

    Francesca
    Experts estimate that 5-10% of Americans, or 15-30 million people, suffer from internet addiction which can severely impact people's lives and relationships. Recovery from internet addiction requires lifelong treatment and management, as with other forms of addiction, though specialized treatment programs aim to help people overcome their addiction within 30-90 days. While gaming is increasingly a cause of internet addiction among youth, experts note that many online activities can potentially become addictive.

    Copyright:

    © All Rights Reserved
    Download as DOCX, PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd
    Download as docx, pdf, or txt
    of 1

    ARE YOU AN INTERNET ADDICT?

    Experts say that millions of people around the world are one click away from ‘online’ addiction.
    The internet is where we spend more and more of our time. But for a growing number of people,
    it’s an out-of-control habit that interferes with normal living and causes severe stress on family,
    friends, loved ones and work.
    Kimberly Young, clinical director of the Centre for Internet Addiction Recovery and author of the
    book Caught in the Net, says that about 5% to 10% of Americans, 15 to 30 million people, may
    suffer from internet addiction and the problem may be even greater in countries like China, Korea
    and Taiwan. It’s a global problem.
    Coleen Moore, coordinator of resource development at the Illinois Institute for Addiction
    Recovery, says she has clients from college age to early adulthood who spend 14 to 18 hours a day
    online. But Young notes that it’s not jut how long people spend using a computer; it’s what they
    are doing online.
    To help people with their diagnosis, Young developed a test that uses a 20-question survey to
    measure levels of internet addiction. “There are no real drugs for this yet,” she says. “it’s not
    about medication, it’s more about therapy”. The estimated recovery time varies. At the Illinois
    Institute for Addiction Recovery, some patients need 30 to 90 days of in-patient treatment,
    followed by a continuing care program. But internet addiction recovery, like any other addiction,
    requires lifelong treatment, experts say.
    Online gaming is the form of internet addiction most rapidly growing among young people.
    “Initially we primarily had people addicted to surfing the web, chat rooms, virtual communities
    and things like that. Now we are looking more to gaming”, Moore says. “Gaming is certainly one of
    the things that could get people addicted to the internet, because it has such compelling content.
    But I don’t think games are any more likely to cause internet addiction than any of the other forms
    of entertainment”.
    Decide if each sentence is TRUE (T), FALSE (F), or NOT MENTIONED (NM)
    1. The number of Internet users has increased by 100%
    2. Internet addiction affect’s people’s life in many different ways
    3. Almost half of Americans spend too much time online
    4. The USA is the country with the highest number of addicts
    5. There are centres to recover from Internet addiction
    6. Their clients are between 14 and 18 years old
    7. Internet addiction hasn’t been understood very well yet
    8. It’s difficult to recover from this addiction
    9. People are mostly addicted to surfing the web, chat rooms and social networks
    10. Games are just as addictive as other forms of entertainment
    Complete the sentences according to the information given in the text
    1. Experts say that millions of people are getting_____________________________________
    2. Internet addiction causes a lot of problems, but many people can’t____________________
    3. Internet addiction is a bigger problem in_________________________________________
    4. Recovery centres base their treatment on___________________and not on____________
    Answer these questions:
    1. What do experts think about contemporary people?
    2. What does internet represent for a growing number of people?
    3. Is Internet addiction a problem restricted just to some areas of the world?
    4. What does Dr Young think about the time people spend on the net?
    5. Is there a medicine for this addiction?
    6. Which is the most common form of internet addiction among young people?

    You might also like