According to reSTART, the country’s first residential treatment facility for Internet addiction, if all of the following applies to an individual, the person might have an Internet addiction: increasing amounts of time spent on Internet activities, computer use interfering with job or school performance, changes in sleep patterns, withdrawing from other pleasurable activities and neglecting friends and family. The American Psychiatric Association does not recognize Internet addiction as a mental health disorder, so it is not included in its “Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders,” as of November 2012. Writer Bio
