Chinese Health Ministry: Internet addicts should stop receiving electroshock therapy because it doesn’t work.

According to the ministry, there is no clinical evidence to show ECT, normally used to treat severe depression, has an effect on internet addiction.

Desta Bishu
Ethiopian Review
July 26, 2009

Internet addicts should stop receiving electroshock therapy because it doesn’t work, the Chinese Health Ministry says.

Nearly 3000 youths have undergone electroconvulsive therapy (ECT, or electroshock) at Linyi Mental Health Hospital, resident psychiatrist Yang Yongxin told the China Youth Daily.

The hospital, based in eastern Shandong, runs a four-month web rehab program which includes medicine and counselling for a monthly fee of 5500 yuan ($1025).

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