Internet Addiction Treatment: The Net Result: An Irritable, Addicted Child Gamer
The net result: an irritable, addicted child gamer
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But they have called for a broader diagnosis of internet-use addiction, allowing proper treatment of children obsessed by other technologies such as sexting and a proliferation of devices such as iPads, tablets and Nintendo DS. Professor Mike Kyrios …
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Internet addiction to be added to the list of serious mental disorders …
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Another psychologist, Emil Hodzic, who runs a video game addiction treatment clinic in Sydney, said he was concernedcbecause of what he saw as growing demand from frustrated parents and damaged children. He said he was seeing clients as young as …
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Treating Internet Addiction Chinese Boot Camp 2007 Style
Treating Internet junkies CNN’s John Vause visits a boot camp run by the Chinese military to treat Internet addicts 2007 China bans electric shock treatment used to ‘cure’ young internet addicts “With the world’s largest online community, estimated at more than 300 million users, it was only a matter of time before China acknowledged it might have a problem with a growing digital-age affliction: internet addiction. Thousands are believed to suffer in one form or another amid growing concern about young people’s use of chat rooms and online gaming, and a series of treatment centres have sprung up. But today it emerged that some of the treatments on offer are as worrying as the condition, as the ministry of health moved to ban the use of electric shocks to cure chronic internet dependency. Doctors released the first diagnostic definition of internet addiction last year, based on a study of more than 1300 intensive users. It says addicts are those who spend at least six hours online a day and have shown at least one from a range of symptoms including a yearning to get back online, fear of social contact and difficulty concentrating or sleeping. Other experts argue that the definition is far too general and many non-addicts qualify under it because the criteria are so vague. Critics warn moreover that some of the “cures” promoted to anxious parents were as worrying as the problem. A notice on the health ministry’s website said that the safety of the electric shock technology …
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