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Addiction to the internet 'is rare'
Friday 20th June 2008, by Daniel King
Web users who spend a lot of time taking advantage of their broadband connection may feel relieved after reading a report in the Telegraph.
It shows that although British psychiatrists report that internet addiction affects between five and ten per cent of users, the levels in the UK do not equate to cases of compulsive-impulsive spectrum disorder reported elsewhere in the world.
An expert on the condition, Dr Jerald Block, has explained that obsessives will be found in any compulsive activity - and those people who suffer from the clinical disorder equated with the internet are classed as mentally ill.
Writer Ian Douglas therefore urges internet and broadband users not to worry about tales of those dying from inactivity in South Korea and murders over computer games.
He writes: "Dr Block's compulsive-impulsive spectrum disorder would be a terrible debilitating disease ... If you've got it, you'll know it. So go ahead, leave your BlackBerry on and have a look at your Facebook page."
In a recent interview with the Boston Globe, Dr Block explained that more people were ashamed of playing World of Warcraft online than having a collection of pornography.
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