The Chinese Ministry of Health banned the use of electroshocks “(low voltage electrical impulses) as a treatment for addiction to the Internet, a controversial practice that had taken many Chinese clinics.

The Health Ministry announced the ban after discovering this treatment at a clinic in the coastal province of Shandong, after finding “some dangerous factors in the use of electroshocks.

A group of experts conducted a study on this type of stress treatment in its conclusions were that they believe it is not very reliable and who are unsure of its effectiveness.
China says that the country had more than four million Internet addicts, and that 14 percent of Internet users Chinese adolescents suffering from this evil.

Last May, the Information Center of the Internet in China published the Chinese teenagers spend an average of 5.3 hours a day surfing the Internet, double the time on the Internet than other age groups.

The Chinese Ministry of Health said last year addiction to the internet list of “clinical disorder” such as alcoholism and gambling.

China is the country with the largest number of Internet users (300 million).

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