Chat room addiction
Chat room addiction: Introduction
Chat room addiction: Chat room addiction refers to the excessive amounts of time spent on computer chat rooms. When the person attempts to reduce the amount of time spent on the activity they suffer withdrawal symptoms such as irritability and anxiety. The preoccupation can cause problems with relationships and even with work performance.
More detailed information about the symptoms,
causes, and treatments of Chat room addiction is available below.
Symptoms of Chat room addiction
- Anxiety if access to computer denied
- Persistent need to spend excessive amount of time on the computer
- Neglecting other duties in order to spend time on the computer
- Forgoing social activities in order to spend time on the computer
- Neglecting family relationships in order to spend time on the computer
- more symptoms...»
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symptoms of Chat room addiction
Treatments for Chat room addiction
- Cognitive behaviour therapy, Support group, Counselling, Psychotherapy, Medication - may be needed to treat anxiety or depression
- more treatments...»
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Home Diagnostic Testing
Home medical testing related to Chat room addiction:
- Child Behavior: Home Testing
- Mental Health (Adults): Home Testing
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Wrongly Diagnosed with Chat room addiction?
Chat room addiction: Complications
Review possible medical complications related to Chat room addiction:
- Deterioration of social relationships
- Deterioration of family relationships
- Reduced self-esteem
- Depression
- Deterioration in work performance
- more complications...»
Causes of Chat room addiction
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Chat room addiction: Undiagnosed Conditions
Commonly undiagnosed diseases in related medical categories:
Misdiagnosis and Chat room addiction
Undiagnosed stroke leads to misdiagnosed aphasia: BBC News UK reported on a man who
had been institutionalized and treated for mental illness
because he suffered from sudden inability to speak....read more »
Dementia may be a drug interaction: A common scenario in aged care is for
a patient to show mental decline to dementia.
Whereas this can, of course, occur due to various medical conditions,
such as a stroke or ...read more »
ADHD under-diagnosed in adults: Although the over-diagnoses of ADHD
in children is a well-known controversy, the reverse side related to adults.
Some adults...read more »
Bipolar disorder misdiagosed as various conditions by primary physicians: Bipolar disorder (manic-depressive disorder)
often fails to be diagnosed correctly by primary care physicians....read more »
Eating disorders under-diagnosed in men: The typical patient with
an eating disorder is female.
The result is that men with eating disorders often fail to be diagnosed or
have a delayed...read more »
Depression undiagnosed in teenagers: Serious bouts of depression can be
undiagnosed in teenagers.
The "normal" moodiness of teenagers can cause severe medical depression
to be overlooked.
See misdiagnosis of depression or...read more »
Undiagnosed anxiety disorders related to depression: Patients with depression (see symptoms of depression)
may also have undiagnosed anxiety disorders (see symptoms of anxiety disorders).
Failure to diagnose these...read more »
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Chat room addiction: Research Doctors & Specialists
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Hospitals & Clinics: Chat room addiction
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Chat room addiction: Rare Types
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Chat room addiction: Broader Related Topics
Types of Chat room addiction
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