What is Internet addiction?

The diagnosis name of Internet addiction has been changed many times, such as Internet addiction syndrome, online game disorder, game disorder, etc., until May 25 this year, the 72nd World Health Assembly, in the International Classification of Diseases, Eleventh Revision (ICD-11), was listed as a disease, called game disorder called game addiction, game addiction will officially become a disease. Internet addiction refers to the uncontrolled impulsive behavior of surfing the Internet without the effect of addictive substances, excessive use of the Internet, manifested by spending a lot of time uncontrollably and repeatedly surfing the Internet, resulting in addicts having impairment of psychosocial functions such as academic failure, poor work efficiency, poor interpersonal relationships, etc. Game addiction belongs to the main type of Internet addiction, accounting for 80%-90%, which is the continuous and repeated use of the Internet to participate in games, often with others, leading to clinically significant impairment or suffering.