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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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