The desire to classify an "excessive" number of activities as evidence of mental illness is a mental illness

I assume that "excessive" amount of anything is not a particularly good sign, but I find it only moderately amusing the way that so many things get classified as a mental illness. Well now we have a new one "excessive emails and text messages."

PEOPLE who send excessive texts and emails may have a mental illness, according to an article in a leading psychiatric journal.

As more people leave the office computer, only to log on as soon as they get home, the American Journal of Psychiatry has found addiction to text messaging and emailing could be another form of mental illness.

The article, by Dr Jerald Block, said there were four symptoms: suffering from feelings of withdrawal when a computer cannot be accessed; an increased need for better equipment; need for more time to use it; and experiencing the negative repercussions of their addiction. . . .

File this under excessive psychiatry.