http://health.blogs.foxnews.com/2008/03/19/internet-addiction/ The latest from the FOX News Health team. Tue, 01 Dec 2009 18:12:03 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 http://health.blogs.foxnews.com/2008/03/19/internet-addiction/#comment-921 Ken Wed, 19 Mar 2008 18:21:59 +0000 http://foxnewshealth.wordpress.com/?p=106#comment-921 Compartmentalization of behavior into classified categories seems to parallel Communist China's treatment of the internet as a controllable affliction that needs treatment. One could envision China as being on the forefront of this effort and ahead of their American counterparts in the Psychiatric profession. I am glad to see Dr. Jerald Block making an effort to have the American Psychiatric Profession catch up in this area where their Chinese counterparts hold the edge in recognition of this affliction. Could it be that The compulsive attempt to classify human behavior into various behavioral disorders itself needs to be included into the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders? Compartmentalization of behavior into classified categories seems to parallel Communist China’s treatment of the internet as a controllable affliction that needs treatment. One could envision China as being on the forefront of this effort and ahead of their American counterparts in the Psychiatric profession. I am glad to see Dr. Jerald Block making an effort to have the American Psychiatric Profession catch up in this area where their Chinese counterparts hold the edge in recognition of this affliction.
Could it be that The compulsive attempt to classify human behavior into various behavioral disorders itself needs to be included into the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders?

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