Electroshock Therapy for Internet Addiction

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You better get your's fast, because it's running out.  China is banning the cure-all brain-rebooting wonder-therapy that is electroshock being used to treat Internet addiction.  Apparently the treatment wasn't 100% effective, as some patients used the Internet to complain after their sessions.  Some people (mostly net-denizens) question that Internet addiction is a real syndrome.

This discover article references articles from the Telegraph, The Wall Street Journal and The Guardian.  Get the long and short of it here:

http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2009/07/15/china-bans-electroshock-therapy-for-internet-addiction/

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