Mais uma: Thumbs down for text messages - they are officially addictive: It is the latest addiction sending sufferers rushing to the clinic: compulsive text messaging. The Priory in south-west London - the drying-out and detox clinic preferred by the rich and famous - says it is treating a growing number of people who cannot stop sending text messages on their mobile phones.
Dr Mark Collins, the head of the addictions unit at the Priory in Roehampton - better known for helping people with drink, drugs, sex and gambling problems - said: "We've really noticed it in the past 18 months. There has been a big rise in the number of behavioural addictions, and many involve texting."
Dr Collins said that some of his patients were spending up to seven hours a day texting.
