Pennsylvania hospital to open inpatient treatment program for Internet addiction - Polidicks

[quote]Treatment facilities have sprung up in recent years, but a psychiatric hospital in central Pennsylvania is now set to become the country's first facility of its kind to offer an inpatient treatment program for people it diagnoses with severe Internet addiction.[/quote] [quote]The voluntary, 10-day program is set to open on Sept. 9 at the Behavioral Health Services at Bradford Regional Medical Center. The program was organized by experts in the field and cognitive specialists with backgrounds in treating more familiar addictions like drug and alcohol abuse.[/quote] Source: [url]http://www.foxnews.com/science/2013/09/01/pennsylvania-hospital-to-open-country-first-inpatient-treatment-program-for/[/url]

In other news, the amount of patients is hospitals skyrockets. More at 11.

Sounds like fun, I guess. Even though Internet addictions aren't as hard to kick as the other major ones.

It's a nice thing there's some avenue to formally address these.

I CAN QUIT FACEPUNCH WHENEVER I WANT I SWEAR [editline]1st September 2013[/editline] 10 MORE POSTS I'LL QUIT TOMORROW

[QUOTE=Limed00d;42045130]I CAN QUIT FACEPUNCH WHENEVER I WANT I SWEAR [editline]1st September 2013[/editline] 10 MORE POSTS I'LL QUIT TOMORROW[/QUOTE] I believe that internet addiction is really just a symptom of deeper problems, but nonetheless for some people it is [b]very[/b] real. By real I mean the destructive and detrimental effects of it's overuse. Like any other addiction the problem is the effect it's having on your life, not the actual substance. [editline]1st September 2013[/editline] Drug of choice: F5

It was somewhat real to me at a point. It became so problematic that I couldn't write a paper without checking FB/gmail every 5 minutes. That mindset lowers your attention span so much that it makes it hard to read novels again without being distracted.

I just cure myself by putting all my time waster websites into my hosts file for a month or so, it does wonders.

[QUOTE=DoctorSalt;42045267]It was somewhat real to me at a point. It became so problematic that I couldn't write a paper without checking FB/gmail every 5 minutes. That mindset lowers your attention span so much that it makes it hard to read novels again without being distracted.[/QUOTE] Probably because it's easy. I'm the same way when it comes to doing schoolwork that I have no real interest in. Trying to write a philosophy paper, I found myself getting distracted by the internet every time I got caught up on something. I ended up having to explain my internet habits to my parents the last time I was home. They noticed that I had spent the majority of my first day back after a 3 day camping trip sitting in the kitchen on my laptop just randomly browsing the internet. They wondered what I could possibly be doing for that amount of time without distraction. I had to think about why I was actually doing it. Why was I constantly browsing Reddit, Facepunch, Facebook, Twitter, etc? I came to the realization that I constantly crave information, if I don't have a steady feed of current happenings in everything I'm interested in, I get pretty bored. I don't know if I'd consider it an addiction, per se. While it is a huge part of my life, I try not to let it interfere with other things - I do well in school, I do things with friends, I have interests outside of being on the internet 24/7. After a few days without the internet, however, I feel a compulsion to catch myself up on everything that I missed.

[QUOTE=Pandamobile;42045370]I ended up having to explain my internet habits to my parents the last time I was home. They noticed that I had spent the majority of my first day back after a 3 day camping trip sitting in the kitchen on my laptop just randomly browsing the internet. They wondered what I could possibly be doing for that amount of time without distraction. I had to think about why I was actually doing it. Why was I constantly browsing Reddit, Facepunch, Facebook, Twitter, etc? I came to the realization that I constantly crave information, if I don't have a steady feed of current happenings in everything I'm interested in, I get pretty bored. I don't know if I'd consider it an addiction, per se. While it is a huge part of my life, I try not to let it interfere with other things - I do well in school, I do things with friends, I have interests outside of being on the internet 24/7. After a few days without the internet, however, I feel a compulsion to catch myself up on everything that I missed.[/QUOTE] I think thats my biggest thing with not being on the internet for a while, ALL the info youre missing.

[QUOTE=Jrock455;42045375]I think thats my biggest thing with not being on the internet for a while, ALL the info youre missing.[/QUOTE] right, what if i needed to know the orbital period of Skylab! or the launch sequence of a proton-m rocket?

[QUOTE=Limed00d;42045130]I CAN QUIT FACEPUNCH WHENEVER I WANT I SWEAR [editline]1st September 2013[/editline] 10 MORE POSTS I'LL QUIT TOMORROW[/QUOTE] facepunchers anonymous "i tried all i could. i quit, but only held for two months. at first i thought of just doing a little CIPWTTKT&GC, but then i just relapsed..."

Watch as insurance company's laugh when we ask them to pay for this.

OH FUCK I GOTTA GTFO OF PA

As long as they offer free wi-fi they shouldn't have any trouble attracting patients.

[QUOTE=KluKluxKid;42045641]OH FUCK I GOTTA GTFO OF PA[/QUOTE] it's voluntary......

[QUOTE=KluKluxKid;42045641]OH FUCK I GOTTA GTFO OF PA[/QUOTE] too late im coming for you

Well at least it's not as bad as that one lady who was addicted to eating hair right off her cat

I would actually go in for this, if money wasn't an issue.

hey men can you give 10 more minutes of internet, i will pay i swear...i...i can suck your dick if you want

It's about damn time