昨天看到獨立報這則新聞。幫很多名人治療癮疾的精神科診所 Priory 開始為各種行為以上癮症狀命名以增加客源，如「簡訊上癮」「性愛上癮」甚至「愛上癮」。
診所方面說：
“Every patient is treated as an individual. What we want to do is to raise the issue of addiction. We have seen a rise in behavioural addictions. Gambling is a well-recognised behavioural addiction. Sex addiction is an issue. If we notice a trend, it’s a genuine trend.“
學者批評 Priory 已經麥當勞化。
“They’re always in the business of inventing new illnesses, by framing experiences most of us have under an illness label,” said Prof Furedi. “They’ve moved away from focusing on the very rich to a mass market. The more we hear that addiction is a penalty for life, the more it creates a massive public health problem.”
我沒機會看英國電視，不知道精神科診所是否也有電視廣告。這種廣告好像蠻好拍的，我腦袋已經飄過一堆畫面。我要拍的話大概會拍「檢查信箱上癮」「查看blogs上癮」。