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Abstract
While many believed the term addiction should be applied only to
cases involving the ingestion of a drug, defining addiction has moved
beyond this to include a number of behaviors which do not involve an
intoxicant such as compulsive gambling, video game playing, overeating,
exercise, love relationships, and television-viewing (Alexander and
Scheweighofer, 1988).
Bayle et al. (1996) proposed that compulsive disorders as
kleptomania and trichotillomania as well as pathological behaviours (e.g.
suicidal behaviours, compulsive spending) should also be included in the
addictive spectrum. These disorders are now collectively referred to as
”Behavioral Addiction”.
The Internet & video games cause enthusiasm but also arouse
worry. Addiction (dependency), isolation, retiring within oneself, and loss
of reality are among the possible risks of overuse of these modern
technologies. (Plusqelle, 2000)
However, the concept ”Internet addiction”, also called ”Internet
addictive disorder” or ”pathological Internet use”, entered the medical
dictionary in 1995. More and more authors have been preoccupied with it
lately, and the majority concluded that this condition, on which some
people cast doubt a few years ago, well and truly exists. Several forms of
Internet addiction appear to exist, categorized according to the type of
misuse it is subjected to: ”cybersex”, ”chat rooms”, ”net gaming”, the
pathological search for information or video games being the most
frequent (Dejoie, 2001).