Chinese psychiatrists have defined Internet addiction and offered up a list of symptoms, a report indicates. The affliction has been classified for people who spend six hours or more online daily. The symptoms include poor sleep, irritability, mental distress and a "yearning to be online." To combat this growing addiction, the Chinese government has created halfway-houses and clinics to help wean their citizens off of the dependency.

American psychiatrists are still debating as to whether or not Internet addiction is the real deal or not.