Japan Internet 'Fasting Camps' Aim to Treat Screen-Addicted Kids

Published September 16, 2013

Japan Internet 'Fasting Camps' Aim To Treat Screen-Addicted Kids
Here in the U.S., Internet addiction has yet to make it into the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders 5 (DSM-5) as an official diagnosis. But, that's not to say that treatment isn't necessary when children are dependent on screens. Dr … Read more on Huffington Post

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That sentiment could change on Monday, when the country's first inpatient treatment program for Internet addiction opens at Bradford Regional Medical Center in Pennsylvania. “I've been studying Internet addiction since 1994,” says Dr. Kimberly Young, … Read more on abc40