Lost in the Electronic Wilderness

Lost in the electronic wilderness

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While the majority of the 80 to 90 clients on each 12-week residential programme are in treatment for alcohol or drug addiction, many have behavioural addictions as a second addiction, Burn says. Most clients who come from Dubai, usually about seven to …
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Children addicted to 'electronic ayi'

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Chinese parents and educators are alarmed by Internet addiction with teens and older youth and now very young children are hooked on iPads, smartphones and other entertaining tablets. For Han Lei, a mother of a five-year-old boy, Steve Jobs is no …
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New Mental Illness Treatment Facility Opens in Windsor Locks

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… has created a Business Art Express Model which will utilize art therapy and creative arts to therapeutically create works of art through paintings, jewelry making, pottery, drawing, and beyond to create works of art to sell to the public on an …
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Understanding obesity epidemic, food addictions – Lompoc Record

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Many factors lead to obesity, and it is imperative that we stop viewing it myopically through the lens of personal responsibility, and instead work to change the culture of stigma surrounding food addiction and the abundance of highly processed foods …
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internet addiction PSA – This is Public Service Announcement about internet addiction that we made for Computer Studies 11.