Chinese "Web Addicts" Get Boot Camp, Therapy

[wraggster]

A large number of Chinese parents are finding their teenagers to be exhibiting such psychological symptoms as depression, antisocial behavior, and slipping grades. The cause: Internet addiction. World of Warcraft and Counter-Strike rank beside Chinese role-playing games as those that hook the most patients, says Tao Ran, the founder of a youth rehabilitation center on a Beijing army base. Online chat programs more often hook girls, who make up a handful of Tao's current 70 patients. The teens are subjected to a 'strict regimen of military drills, martial arts training, lectures and sessions with psychiatrists.' And, most importantly: no Internet.

http://yro.slashdot.org/story/09/07/09/2312202/Chinese-Web-Addicts-Get-Boot-Camp-Therapy

[aran]

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