Individuals who attempt to reduce excessive Internet use experience withdrawal symptoms that are akin to kicking a drug habit, new research suggests.

The idea of being addicted to the internet is a fairly new one, and experts are still debating whether it's a clinical form of addiction.

Internet addiction is a term used more commonly today to describe unhealthy use of online resources. But is it really a disorder of epidemic proportions?

Internet addiction is associated with disrupted signaling in brain regions important for functions such as managing attention, a new study of teens has found.

As growing numbers of us check our email compulsively, play computer games obsessively and have more friends on Facebook than in real life, the first hospital-based Internet addiction treatment ...

For people with internet addiction, there’s a type of short-term therapy that can be an effective treatment, according to a small study published on Wednesday in medical journal JAMA Psychiatry.