June 10, 200619 yr Cure Your Gaming Addiction Posted by Cathy Lu Friday, June 09, 2006, 12:26 PM (PST) Spending a little too much time with the Xbox and not quite enough time with real people? (Talking to them on a headset doesn't count.) You might consider heading to the Netherlands and hitting a clinic for people addicted to videogames. Set to open in July, this Amsterdam-based clinic will be the first detox center in Europe dedicated to videogame addicts (there are already a handful of them in the U.S. and Canada). Included in the four- to eight-week detox programs are therapy, workshops, and trips into the great outdoors, as well as medication, if necessary. Especially at risk are young'ens. As one Amsterdam professor interviewed by the AP estimates, 80 percent of boys between eight and 18 play videogames--and 40 percent play for at least 2.5 hours a day. The Yahoo news report can be found here about the clinic that DW is talking about. hehe
June 10, 200619 yr now its they guy that plays 2.5 hours of video games in 1.5 hours that really is a cause for concern
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