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Scientists have treated a man for internet addiction disorder allegedly brought on by overuse of Google Glass in what is believed to be the first case of its kind.
The man had been using the technology for around 18 hours a day – removing it only to sleep and wash – and complained of feeling irritable and argumentative without the device.
In the two months since he bought the device, he claimed he had also begun experiencing his dreams as if viewed through the device’s small grey window, the Guardian reported.
Dr Andrew Doan, head of addictions and resilience research at the US navy’s Substance Abuse and Recovery Programme (Sarp) and co-author of the paper on the patient, published in the journal Addictive Behaviours, said there is evidence of people suffering from internet addiction, and it is only a matter of time before the research and treatments catch up.
“People used to believe alcoholism wasn’t a problem – they blamed the person or the people around them,” Dr Doan said. “It’s just going to take a while for us to realise that this is real.”
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/...nternet-addiction-caused-by-Google-Glass.html
The man had been using the technology for around 18 hours a day – removing it only to sleep and wash – and complained of feeling irritable and argumentative without the device.
In the two months since he bought the device, he claimed he had also begun experiencing his dreams as if viewed through the device’s small grey window, the Guardian reported.
Dr Andrew Doan, head of addictions and resilience research at the US navy’s Substance Abuse and Recovery Programme (Sarp) and co-author of the paper on the patient, published in the journal Addictive Behaviours, said there is evidence of people suffering from internet addiction, and it is only a matter of time before the research and treatments catch up.
“People used to believe alcoholism wasn’t a problem – they blamed the person or the people around them,” Dr Doan said. “It’s just going to take a while for us to realise that this is real.”
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/...nternet-addiction-caused-by-Google-Glass.html