The Linyi Mental Health Hospital in eastern Shandong province has used electric shock therapy (EST) as part of a four-month program to treat Chinese youths of Internet addiction. Now, after some 3,000 have undergone the therapy, the Chinese Health Ministry has ordered them to stop, saying there’s no proof it works.
EST has been used to treat depression, but on its website, the Ministry said no clinical evidence exists that it can help cure the Internet addiction that’s sweeping Chinese youth, according to AP.
