A British hospital started a new service this week that might be described as rehab for young children that are obsessed with technology such as mobiles, the internet, and computer games.
Located in Central London, the Capio Nightingale Hospital has a service for children as young as 12 whose parents are concerned that they spend too much time with their gadgets. Capio is well known as the location at which Amy Winehouse was hospitalized for drug addiction.
The service aims to help wean young preteens off their gadgets under supervision in residential units and replace them with lessons that will help them develop social skills.
Leader of the new treatment for addiction, Dr. Richard Graham, stated that the rehab program will need to quickly help young people who face addiction to technology instead of following the models that are set for substance abuse.
Graham explained that mental health services need to look at the new world that young people now face and how much their lives can be severely impaired by too much time online or on games. He stated that some of the existing programs do not look at how complex the addictions really are instead attempting to emulate the models set by substance abuse which is not practical.
He said that the treatment will look at how to help a person respond better with face to face situations sand to rethink their relationship with certain gadgets and the role they may play in their lives so that they can see that it is ok to switch them off at times and go out in the world.
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