How internet addicts are treated in China: a New York Times report
There are many people in our world who are subject to this or that dependence. Someone likes sweet, someone - women, and someone can not live without a glass of wine at night. In addition, Internet addiction and gadget dependency have become very common types of dependencies.
The news now and then publishes information about gamers who either die from exhaustion or spend a lot of parental money on in-game things, then drop out of school, work and family. ')
Some psychologists believe that Internet addicts (including gamers who cannot live without online games) can and should be treated. And in China, such people (the majority are teenagers) are really treated. And the methods of treatment are very unusual. Recently, New York Times reporters visited the colony hospital for Internet addicts, and looked at how they all live there.
Here is the report itself, which will be clear without any special knowledge of the English language: