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Help is available, though. A treatment facility is now in operation; reSTART focuses on modifying the behavior and lifestyle of internet addicts. The owners of the facility, Hilary Cash and Cosette Rae, believe that technology is here to stay; what …
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Web addiction poses risk to mental health
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If Internet addiction was to be classified as a mental disease, it would be possible for people who suffer from it to get the help they need. Treatments, support groups and therapy would become available to people who want help. Addiction can come in …
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Does Video Game Addiction Fix Itself?
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Video game addiction — also known as problem video gaming — is an issue the media loves to hype (along with “Internet addiction“). Such gaming addiction … A therapist can still help with problems of this nature, even if it's not a formal diagnosis …
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China Internet Addiction – China has cemented its position as the world’s largest Internet population, with the number of Internet users reaching a staggering 300 million at the end of 2008, according to the China Internet Network Information Centre. For more news and videos visit ? ntdtv.org Follow us on Twitter ? http Add us on Facebook ? on.fb.me But there is a downside. At a newly created Internet addiction treatment centre, Cheng Jiawei had to finish one last exercise of arranging toy figurines in a sandpit, a way her doctors could understand how her mind worked. Once spending 15 hours a day in Internet cafes, Cheng’ arrangements toned down after two and a half months at China’s largest Internet addiction treatment centre. [Cheng Wei, Patient]: “When I played video games, I believed that I was one character in the games. I made ‘friends’ playing video games that I couldn’t make in real life.” Cheng’s family spent 3700 dollars on the treatment, while some 60 children are in the treatment centre. Tao Ran founded China’s biggest Internet addiction treatment centre, and is now looking for additional space as more people knock on the door for help. [Tao Ran, Director]: “There are more than 200 organisations offering treatment for internet addiction in China now. If it weren’t for the fast increase in the number of these hospitals, we would have many more people coming here for help.” The treatment does not come cheap – each patient pays about 1500 dollars (USD) a month, sometimes staying for up …
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