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Hillary,
Well, this explains a lot of things!
Amelia
----- Original Message -----
From: Hilary A. Thomas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, July 06, 1999 2:17 PM
Subject: [CTRL] Study: Internet Feeds Delusions
> -Caveat Lector-
>
> JULY 05, 12:23 EDT
> Study: Internet Feeds Delusions
>
> TAMPA, Fla. (AP) - The Internet appears to have infiltrated yet another
> aspect of modern life - the delusions of the actively psychotic, a new
> study shows.
>
> University of South Florida researchers who published their findings in
> last month's Southern Medical Journal, cited case studies as evidence that
> fears of the Internet are replacing Communists, the CIA and the
controlling
> power of radio waves as a frequent delusion of new psychiatric patients.
>
> Every case of Internet delusion documented by the researchers involved
> people who actually had little experience with computers, said Dr. Glenn
> Catalano, the USF psychiatrist who authored the report.
>
> ``That's not really surprising,'' said Catalano, 37. ``Things can seem
> especially threatening when you don't know much about them.''
>
> One of the cases cited by the USF doctors involved a 40-year-old man who
> shot himself in the face in an unsuccessful suicide attempt.
>
> He believed a friend had placed Internet bugs in his ears that could read
> his mind and control his thoughts. He also believed someone had placed a
> link between his Web page and his extremities. When certain keys were hit,
> he said, his extremities would jump.
>
> Catalano said he has seen several other cases of Internet-related
delusions
> in the last 18 months and believed an increasing number of new patients
> will suffer from these fantasies. Given their frequency, he said, he was
> surprised to discover that his report apparently is the first to document
> the phenomenon.
>
> ``We're going to have to start asking different kinds of questions to
> determine the source of patients' paranoia,'' he said. ``You can't just
ask
> if someone is following you.''
>
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