Psychologist Maressa Hecht Orzack, a specialist on computer addiction, says 5 is plenty young; Healy recommends 7, an age parents may consider shockingly old.
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Hilarie Cash, a counselor at Internet / Computer Addiction Services in Redmond, says too much IM-ing can interfere with a teen's social development.
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McCannon says _ and dangers of addiction, even to 8-year-olds, says Orzack, founder and coordinator of the computer addiction service at McLean Hospital in Belmont.
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The concept of computer addiction is broadly divided in two types, namely "'offline computer addiction "'and "'online computer addiction " '.
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The concept of computer addiction is broadly divided in two types, namely "'offline computer addiction "'and "'online computer addiction " '.
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The concept of computer addiction is broadly divided in two types, namely "'offline computer addiction "'and "'online computer addiction " '.
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"' Computer addiction "'can be described as the excessive or compulsive use of the computer which persists despite serious negative consequences for personal, social, or occupational function.
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According to Maressa Orzack, director of the Computer Addiction Study at Harvard University's McLean Hospital, between 5 % and 10 % of Web surfers suffer some form of Web dependency.
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"On the Net, people feel like they belong, like someone misses them, " says Maressa Hecht Orzack, a psychologist and founder of the Computer Addiction Service at McLean Hospital in Belmont.
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And you know what I hear about the Internet : They go on it for pornography .'Or they'll say, ` I've heard computer addiction is worse than alcohol . "'
