来源:北京周报vol.51. No.52 DEC.18,2008 Day after day you are glued to your computer screen. You cannot get enough of online games, net shopping or cyber surfing. Your social life gets worse, and so does your health. Chances are that you are addicted to the Internet and you need counseling. On November 8, an Internet Addiction Disorder(IAD)diagnostic manualwas approved by a group of psychologists in China,, the manual for the first time gives a clear time standard for diagnosing IAD, saying that surfing the Internet for more than six hours a day, not for the purpose of studying or working, and having done so for less than three months, might be a symptom of IAD. Addiction symptoms vary Besides the long online time, some other symptoms would also help doctors diagnose IAD patients, such as having a strong desire for the Internet and feeling physical discomfort, becoming easily angry, being unable to concentrate on things or finding it difficult to sleep if unable to get online. Apart from these conditions, other symptoms are also listed in the manual. If a net surfer cannot get out of the virtual world of Web games, which has already affected his/her capability to study or work, or he/she feels little interest in doing anything but jumping online or is afraid to communicate with others, he/she is also considered to be an IAD sufferer. According to the World Health Organization, mental disease sufferers have two major characteristics: they bring suffering to both themselves and their families, and their abilities to be involved in social activities are affected. Mental illness stigma However, it has resulted in a backlash from the public, due to the fact that mental disease is a very sensitive term to Chinese. Many netizens dropped comments expressing their doubts about the manual, saying that they could not accept they might be suffering from mental illness just because they spent too much time on the Internet. Experts said there is a misunderstanding of the manual. Explaining that IAD sufferers are not “crazy people , they call on society at large to change their understanding of mental disease. Mental disease covers a wide range of psychological or behavioral problems, such as depression. New solution to Internet Addiction Information about IAD ▲Problem: Internet addiction makes your social life and (1) get worse. ▲(2) for diagnosing IAD: Internet addiction is a (3) disease when you surf the Internet more than six hours a day for less than three months not to (4) or work. (5) addiction symptoms You are: ▲eager to surf the Internet, physically uncomfortable, easy to be angry, unable to concentrate or (6) to sleep ▲unable to get out of the (7) world of Web games, not (8) in doing anything else or afraid to communicate with others Opinions on Mental illness ▲Many netizens regard mental disease as a very (9) term. ▲Expert think that right (10) of mental disease is necessary because it covers a wide range. Standard Various virtual sensitive (10)understanding 【查看更多】
