Americans treat Internet addiction: camping Yoga massage 45 days 14500 dollars

This is a two-storey house in the suburbs of Fall City, Washington, USA, called Heavensfield.　　From the outward appearance, the small house and the general American family's house does not have any difference, the spacious living room, the warm furnishings, the tidy dining room, the open circular kitchen, also has one triangle piano. If it is not the owner of the building initiative to mention, you will not be able to decorate the warm, exquisite decoration of the American villas and internet addiction treatment centers linked.　　At the first National symposium on Internet Addiction, Dr. Hailary Kash of the Seattle Internet Addiction Treatment center showed the Chinese experts who were working in the local--restart addiction treatment center. "What methods do you use to treat Internet addiction?" "How long is a course?" How much does it cost? "Without drugs?" "Do you take coercive measures?" "" The treatment effect how to investigate?　　"In the face of a fresh, family-style internet addiction treatment center, Chinese experts at the meeting changed their" slow-heat "habit of attending the seminar and asked questions.　　At home, drug therapy, electric shock therapy, high-intensity military training, these sound frightening words, some time since often accompanied by the various types of Internet addiction to the name of the organization appeared in the media reports.　　In the United States, topics related to the treatment of Internet addiction are unusually associated with camping, yoga, cycling, rock climbing, rafting, and even essential oil massages.　　Heavensfield the back of the hut is a big courtyard, which has a variety of owners like the fruits and vegetables, surrounded by trees, every day in the yard will be all kinds of animal calls. Into the back of the small courtyard deep, really don't have a cave. Walk along a winding gravel path, climb a bridge over a rope that hangs in mid-air, and you will come to a cabin called Treehouse.　　There lived a raccoon, a spotted deer, two goats, a hen, a pheasant, a shepherd dog and a tabby cat. Every day, the students who receive treatment on time to get up and feed the animals regularly, vegetables, watering and weeding in the small courtyard of the house, this practice is called "work therapy", "let them feel that they are tied together with the family, they are responsible for the family." "Cash said the Internet addiction Treatment center can only provide treatment for 6 people, a total of 16 participants in the last year, each treatment (45 days) of 1.　　450,000 dollars. Back to Heavensfield cabin, you will be surprised to find that this is a large family, "Mom and Dad", the treatment center, the owner of the Gary couple live on the second floor, "children" live on the first floor, two people.　　At noon, the "children" dress casually, the living room was watching TV, someone chatting, someone in the kitchen to do lunch, someone to listen to music. "They have to do their own lunches every day, and both breakfast and dinner are made by the Gary and his wife." "Cash said that in order to avoid possible legal disputes, the treatment center to recruit only 18Older adults sign up for voluntary treatment.　　After dinner every day, the students have to go to the fitness center under the guidance of "Mom", two times a week of yoga and meditation classes, an art therapy class, a massage therapy class, and occasionally to field trips, camping, fishing, cycling, rock climbing, rafting, football games.　　With many of our domestic internet addiction institutions require parents and children common "live" treatment is different, here only to be treated parents every weekend to do a family consultation with the child, tell the parents how to do, but also to the child to clarify his responsibilities and obligations. Although the treatment of Internet addiction seems to be very relaxed, sometimes the treatment will take some mandatory, such as psychotherapy courses, "You can choose whether to attend the treatment class, but if you decide not to come, then sorry, we will discontinue all treatment, please go home." "During the treatment, cash has a" bottom line "that is not easy to use medication," If I judge this person has mental illness, need medication, I will take him to the hospital to find a psychiatrist, by the doctor and his two people to negotiate whether the drug. " "The most special one is the" Prevention of recurrence scheme "specially designed for each trainee, the week before the students left the centre, Mr. and Mrs. Gary and cash will work with the trainees to customize a future life, career plan, discuss what you want to do after you leave, what your goals are, how to plan for your goals, and how to implement the plan in steps.　　And how to get along with the computer safely. Cash says the center will keep in touch with the students who end the treatment and ask about the recovery.　　At present, in addition to a woman refused to continue treatment after two sessions of treatment, home still play online games, and no longer contact with the center, the other 15 students have successfully cured or alleviated the network games, chat, and even internet pornography dependence. (Edit Zhang Xing)