12/18/2014

Mental Hospital For Children Victims of Online Games

Mental Hospital For Children Victims of Online Games
Children Victims of Online Games
In China, currently there is around 113.000 Internet Cafes. Not really shocking enough to see this kind of Hospital needed for youngsters..

The Cafes were standing along in the boom of online games that are not unstoppable. The cafes are generally always full of young people who addicted to the game, that they would sit in front of the computer 24 hours or more.

With the luxurious or you can say "VIP" facilities to play online games that they get addict to, it can be enjoyed easily by this youngsters. In fact, they can play more than 24 hours because the seating can be transformed into a comfortable bed!

Mental Hospital For Children Victims of Online Games
Fancy online games cafe in China (Aljazeera / fernando moleres)

But what happen next? It turns out that the online gaming has led this youngsters in China into a mental disorder. Of course this kind of moment made their parents began to fret and in fear, that their children would transform into a "mad" or "crazy" victims.

Photographer Fernando Moleres, 51, was able to document a special footage for the rehabilitation process of this youngsters in China. According to Moleres report from the Chinese goverment statistics there were 632 million internet users in the country and 10% of them is still in young age.


Mental Hospital For Children Victims of Online Games
Leo (blue shirt) playing online games since 2005, he is now to be treated. (Aljazeera / fernando moleres)

In his report Moleres also mentioned that he visited this rehabilitation center that located in Beijing. The doctors here are from the Chinese Military. In this hospital, they took care of 62 boys and 6 girls. And most of them, always trying to escape from this hospital.

Mental Hospital For Children Victims of Online Games


Patients in this rehabilitation, are children who begin to experience mental disorders or already in that state. Their treatment system including the military training and work. the purpose of this training was to increase their brain activity, take away their focus, and break away from their old habits.

Generally, this children isolate themselves in the room and they chose to sleep and solitude for themselves.

Mental Hospital For Children Victims of Online Games

[Source: Tribunnews.com]

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