Items tagged with Internet addiction

by Amy Vernon - Fri, Aug 21, 2009

Rehab Center For Internet Addicts Opens; More Fun Than Its Chinese Counterparts

For anyone who's had trouble shutting off his computer, who keeps saying she just needs to hit the Stumble bar "just one more time," who needs to fight just one more battle in World of Warcraft, there's a spot in Washington state to unwind and get away from it all.reStart Internet Addiction Recovery Program is on five... Read more...

by Joel Hruska - Wed, Aug 05, 2009

Chinese Teen Beaten To Death At Internet Addiction Camp

Internet addiction is a controversial topic, its very existence is debated, but that hasn't stopped China from classifying ten million teens (about 10 percent of all teenagers) as Internet addicts. Treatment camps for the affliction have sprung up in China, but the reported tactics and methods of the doctors are often questionable. Last Sunday,... Read more...