Does internet addiction warrant full-fledged in-patient rehab— or are there better ways to manage your Angry Birds and email-checking obsessions? America’s first hospital-based “internet addiction” ...

Many people spend hours on the internet every week – but some people can’t pull away. For individuals with internet addiction, there’s a type of short-term therapy that can be an effective treatment, ...

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BEIJING — China is investigating the death of a teenager who was allegedly beaten to death in a camp designed to treat Internet addiction, state media said. Deng Senshan, 15, died Sunday, less than a ...

Brett Walker says he knew he was hooked to using his computer when his virtual life nearly destroyed his real life. He was unemployed, had started to neglect his personal hygiene and says he had no ...

In the suburbs of Seattle, there is a little woodland retreat called reSTART. It’s an internet addiction rehab clinic. Tech junkies go there to be cured. It’s not a cheap cure: it costs $25,000 for a ...

Just outside Seattle, Wash., those who claim to be addicted to online games and blogs come to reSTART, the nation’s first residential treatment program for Internet addiction. Some critics question ...

For Charlie, it was clear that rehab was necessary when, after months of obsessively playing a smartphone game called Spirit Lords, her mother called her at college worried that she had taken up ...

BELLEVUE, Wash. (AP) — The young men sit in chairs in a circle in a small meeting room in suburban Seattle and introduce themselves before they speak. It is much like any other 12-step meeting — but ...

"Untreated substance addiction or mental illness can damage a teen's health, education, family and social life. As these conditions progress, neural architecture and behavioral patterns become ...