Television addiction

Television addiction is a proposed addiction model associated with maladaptive or compulsive behavior associated with watching television programming. The most recent medical review on this model concluded that pathological television watching behavior may constitute a true behavioral addiction, but indicated that much more research on this topic is needed to demonstrate this.[1][2] The compulsion can be extremely difficult to control in many cases. The television addiction model has parallels to other forms of behavioral addiction,[2][3] such as addiction to drugs or gambling, which are also forms of compulsive behavior.

A child watching television

Television addiction is not a diagnosable condition of DSM-IV.[4]

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