Treatment for internet addiction increases in Argentina

The addiction treatment centers are consulted by the excessive use of the Web since 2002, but between 2010 and 2011 doubled by the rage for social networking. “What is alarming is the growth of the proportion (of visits). The problem started appearing in 2002 with the rise of Internet cafes. Always be attentive to the boundary between technology use and addiction,” he told AFP news agency Inés Valdez, a psychologist at the Springs Foundation, a therapeutic community for 20 years about different types of addictions.
He added that the institution “queries for Internet addiction doubled in 2011 compared to 2010.” The dependence of illicit drugs remains at the top of addictions, followed by drugs, alcohol and gambling. But consultations by addiction to technology or tecnoadictos increase steadily.Read Article