Among the case studies at the technology de-addiction clinic or the Service for Healthy Use of Technology (SHUT) clinic at the National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences in Bengaluru is that of a 21-year-old college student who took selfies every 15-20 minutes.
Since 2014, the SHUT clinic at Nimhans, set up by clinical psychology professor, Manoj Kumar Sharma, has devised strategies for its treatment and care of “technology addiction”. It is a model that could soon become the standard for treatment at more places in India.
The clinic has covered gaming, Internet, social media, shopping and pornography to the more recent addiction — streaming on Netflix and Amazon Prime.
Read more of this in a report by Johnson TA, published in The Indian Express...
