User:Stmire35/Electronic Withdrawal Syndrome

EWS (Electronic Withdrawal Syndrome): The symptoms of this disorder would include but not be limited to any similar withdrawal from typical drugs or alcohol. EWS would occur from the sudden removal of electronic devices that a person or people rely on for use of their basic needs to entertainment. Withdrawal symptoms could include:

Depression, Convulsions, Shakes, Anxiety, Self-inflicted harm, or Suicide.

While there are starting to be some treatment centers that take in these people, there still is not a "coined" term for the problem. A suggested term for this problem could be named EWS or Electronic Withdrawal Syndrome. It is also suggested that new educational options become available for doctors and those within the mental health field to be able to treat this disorder. As we become a society more dependant on electronic devices to do things for us, we will begin to find more and more disorders that will have relevance to the electronics that surround us. These items being removed from our surroundings will determine what effect they play on the human physiology.

As it stands now, it is not a major factor in mental health cases, but there have been some suicides related to online gaming addictions, of which the only way to play online games is through the use of electronics technology. As our technology advances we will begin to see more and more cases of said addictions to various electronic devices and thus EWS will become a more defined reality.

More information should be added as it becomes available.