Linyi
English
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- A prefecture-level city in southern Shandong, China.
- 2009 July 14, Liu Zhen, Lucy Hornby, “China bans electro-shock therapy for Internet addicts”, in Miral Fahmy, editor, Reuters[1], archived from the original on 13 May 2022, Lifestyle[2]:
- China has banned electro-shock therapy as a treatment for Internet addiction, citing uncertainty in the safety and effectiveness of the practice after criticism in the local media.
The Ministry of Health announcement followed recent media reports about a controversial psychiatrist in Linyi, Shandong Province, who administered electric currents to nearly 3,000 teenagers in an attempt to rid them of their Internet habit.
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edita prefecture-level city in China
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edit- Saul B. Cohen, editor (1998), “Linyi”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World[3], volume 2, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 1747, column 3