China. Internet Addiction has been included in the formal diagnosis of mental illness

November 8, China's first "Internet addiction diagnostic criteria" adopted by the experts, to be officially addictive game play into the psychiatric diagnostic category. The media gave a lot of attention.


The following is a Netizen comments



So it seems to be that on the hard-line, play games and more fun too, seem to have a mental illness. Yi Qiao and then detail, all right, in fact, belong to the so-called game addiction diagnosis of mental illness is a large scope of the concept of an academic rather than our usual sense, the so-called neuropathy, can not be said to be addicted to playing the game of all There is a madman, or neurons. But said that Internet addiction is a special game to play Addiction is a mental disease, the symptoms are a lot of a mental illness such as depression, anxiety disorder, ADHD, autism, a variety of diseases, addiction and even Alzheimer's, All areas of mental illness. They can not by virtue of the network addicts as a madman.



The law only requires that people with schizophrenia do not have to bear criminal liability, and all the other mental patients have to bear their own responsibility to act. Therefore, the network will be included in the mental addiction does not mean that criminal defense. Of course, those who play games online addiction or addiction of people in order to access the Internet and the cost of robbery, burglary and murder of others virtual property form of guilt, but also natural to say that he is not a madman, and escape from criminal liability.



According to experts, addiction-like performance: the use of the network has a strong desire or sense of impulse; to reduce or stop when the Internet will be in deep discomfort, irritability, bowel, concentration, sleep disorders, such as withdrawal Reaction; withdrawal of the above reaction by the use of other electronic media such as television, handheld game consoles to alleviate. From this point of view, in fact, the situation is not dire, but the network or has a strong dependence of the game, but most people are dependent on the network, to some extent, can also understand the scope and does not Need to worry.





In fact, in a sense, the Internet Addiction included in the scope of psychiatric diagnosis, No big deal, the media may be out of adventure, so many news reports did not say on the very clear, nor will the academic sense, The broad concept of mental illness diagnosis and the scope of our usual sense of the neuropathy that is open to a clear division of a madman.



Internet Addiction experts into the online game addicts, sex addicts network, the network addiction, and addiction information network, network transactions addiction 5. At the same time, clear standards of Internet Addiction Disorder diagnosis and treatment. Experts also clear that Internet Addiction is a treatable, the general treatment for 3 months or so. 80% of the patients were able to pass through the treatment of addiction from the disease.