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Bradford Regional Medical Center has launched the first hospital-based Internet addiction detox and recovery program in the United States as part of BRMC’s Behavioral Health Services division. The Internet Addiction Treatment and Recovery Program is an intensive 10-day digital detoxification and stabilization program under the care of a multidisciplinary medical team. The program is intended for individuals who have been unsuccessful in overcoming Internet addiction on their own and serves those 18 years of age and older. Kimberly Young, Psy.D., an internationally-renowned expert in Internet addiction treatment serves as the Medical Director of the program. Young is a licensed psychologist and a professor at St. Bonaventure University in Olean, NY. She has published numerous research articles, book chapters, and the first book to identify Internet addiction “I’ve studied Internet addiction since 1995,” Young said. “Back then, people laughed when I told them what I did. Today,...

Book Launch at BAPL Thursday A book launch and meet the author reception will be held to celebrate the release of a local author's first-ever novel. The launch party and wine and cheese reception will be held at 5 p.m. Thursday at the Bradford Area Public Library for author Kimberly Young, who recently penned "The Eighth Wonder." Young, known for her books on Internet addiction, just released "The Eighth Wonder," which takes place in Bradford around The Kinzua Bridge, once dubbed "The Eighth Wonder of the World." Young, a professor at the St. Bonaventure University in Allegany, N.Y., tells the story of Nicole Benson, an ambitious, young college professor with dreams of teaching at an Ivy-League school, and Tom Ryan, a community-minded native of Bradford whose marriage of 23 years has been strained after the death of his daughter to leukemia. "The Eighth Wonder" has a Bridges of Madison County quality as the two fall in love and their relatio...