<![CDATA[China Shock Therapy On Internet Addicts To Be Ended]]>

1.0 link 231432 <![CDATA[China Shock Therapy On Internet Addicts To Be Ended]]> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/07/14/china-orders-stop-to-elec_n_231432.html BEIJING (AP) -- China's Health Ministry has ordered a hospital to stop using electric shock therapy to cure youths of Internet addiction, saying there was no scientific evidence it worked.

Linyi Mental Health Hospital in eastern Shandong province used the treatment as part of a four-month program that has so far treated nearly 3,000 youths, the China Youth Daily newspaper has reported, citing the psychiatrist who runs it, Yang Yongxin.

The ministry said in a statement posted on its Web site late...

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