Mental Wealth  How Small Investments Create Big Returns  Japan's
Prescribing Internet Fasting Camps—Should We?  Japan's
government is taking problematic screen-time seriously—why
aren't we?  Electronic Fast  An electronic fast can open a
doorway to health  As a child psychiatrist who has prescribed
electronic fasts for over a decade despite frequent
resistance—including from other mental health clinicians—I
welcomed the news that Japan’s Health, Labor and Welfare
ministry announced they would soon be opening up  “internet
fasting camps” for youths who engaged in excessive electronics
use.  Officials decided to take action after a study suggested
that over a half a million children were suffering significant
consequences from being tied to their screens, from depression
and inattention to not eating, drinking or sleeping. Some
children had even experienced serious medical issues like deep
vein thromboses (a clot in the leg caused by stagnant blood
flow).     Here in the U.S., resources for addressing problemat