ANCHOR LEAD IN:
HOROSCOPES...WE ALL READ THEM. AND MAYBE YOU EVEN READ SEVERAL IN A DAY TO FIND THE ONE THAT TELLS YOU THE BRIGHTEST NEWS. IN FACT, ABOUT HALF OF ALL AMERICANS BELIEVE IN PSYCHICS. AND WITH SO MANY PSYCHICS AVAILABLE ONLINE, 24-7, A NEW WAVE OF ONLINE 'PREDICTION ADDICTION' IS COSTING HUNDREDS, EVEN THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS...ALL TO FIND THE ANSWER YOU WANT....

TRACK ONE Length: :03
DONA MURPHY IS A LONG-TIME BELIEVER IN PSYCHIC POWER...

SOT:
KEY @: :04 (Short) Dona Murphy, Tarot Card Reader
"I got my first deck of tarot cards at fourteen."

TRACK TWO Length: :08
WHILE MURPHY, WHO GIVES TAROT CARD READINGS FOR OTHERS ONLINE, IS A BIG BELIEVER...WHAT SHE DIDN'T REALIZE WAS THAT SHE HERSELF WAS FALLING INTO A TRAP.

SOT:
KEY @: :16 Dona Murphy, Tarot Card Reader
"I was getting too many readings, for the wrong reasons, too often and spending too much money."

TRACK THREE Length: :05
MURPHY SAYS THE READINGS MADE HER FEEL BETTER DURING A ROUGH PATCH. AT LEAST - UNTIL THE PHONE BILL ARRIVED...

SOT:
NO KEY (Covered)Dona Murphy, Tarot Card Reader
"It could be anywhere from maybe 500 a month, 700 a month...up to at the very worst maybe a thousand dollars in a month."

TRACK FOUR Length: :13
THE CALLS COST BETWEEN ONE AND TEN DOLLARS A MINUTE. DR. DAVE GREENFIELD, AUTHOR OF 'VIRTUAL ADDICTION', SAYS ONE IN TEN INTERNET USERS BECOME DEPENDENT ON THE NET -- AND FOR THOSE IN NEED, CHATTING REPEATEDLY WITH AN ONLINE PSYCHIC CAN BE VERY SEDUCTIVE...

SOT:
NO KEY Dona Murphy, Tarot Card Reader
"I was maybe a little more vulnerable than I truly realized..."

SOT:
KEY @: :51 Dr. Dave Greenfield, Clinical Director, Center for Internet Behavior
"If you have an impulse, it's easy with the Internet to satisfy that impulse, and that's very appealing."

TRACK FIVE Length: :08
GREENFIELD SAYS PSYCHIC ADDICTION HAS BEEN AROUND FOR A LONG TIME - BUT IT USED TO BE CONFINED TO 9-HUNDRED AND 8-HUNDRED NUMBER PHONE LINES...NOW,

SOT:
NO KEY (Short)Dr. Dave Greenfield, Clinical Director, Center for Internet Behavior
"The extension of that to the Internet is not surprising."

TRACK SIX Length: :16
SO HOW CAN YOU TELL IF YOU'RE BECOMING ADDICTED TO ONLINE PSYCHICS? EXPERTS SAY THERE ARE SIGNS TO WATCH FOR...SUCH AS:
REPEATEDLY USING ONE OR MORE PSYCHICS...
SPENDING TOO MUCH...OR SIMPLY WAITING AROUND FOR PREDICTIONS TO COME TRUE.
MEANWHILE, GREENFIELD SAYS LEGITIMATE PSYCHICS CAN HELP - WITHIN REASON.

SOT:
KEY @: 1:26 Dr. Dave Greenfield, Clinical Director, Center for Internet Behavior
"Nobody really is magical - there's no mystical quality here, it's about finding some truth and reinforcing that truth within us."

ANCHOR TAG:
ONE FORMER ONLINE PSYCHIC JUNKIE HAS EVEN WRITTEN A MEMOIR OF HER THOUSAND-DOLLAR A MONTH HABIT. IT'S CALLED PSYCHIC JUNKIE. (http://www.psychicjunkie.net/)

SOURCE INFORMATION:

Dr. Dave Greenfield

Bio: Dr. Dave Greenfield is a nationally and internationally recognized expert in the study and treatment of all forms of Internet abuse and behaviors associated with addictions linked to technology in both the home and workplace. A gifted speaker and teacher, Dr. Dave is the critically acclaimed author of the groundbreaking book entitled Virtual Addiction (New Harbinger Books, 1999).
Dr. Dave is a past-president of the Connecticut Psychological Association and is a founding partner of the Connecticut-based Psychological Health Associates, LLC. As a practicing clinician, he regularly treats private patients dealing with numerous issues, including marriage and family problems, child custody issues, workplace problems, and all types of addictive and compulsive behavior. He is also an expert in human sexuality issues and the treatment of Internet/cyber-addictions to pornography, video/computer gaming and gambling, among others.
Dr. Dave also serves as an assistant clinical professor of psychiatry at The University of Connecticut's School of Medicine. In addition, he is a special master for the Connecticut Superior Court's Family Division and oversees a weekly group session for men dealing with issues surrounding compulsive sexual behavior, pornography and other cyber-addictions.

ADDITIONAL BACKGROUND/SOURCE INFORMATION
Specifically, there remains relatively strong belief in psychic/spiritual healing (55% say they believe, 17% say they are unsure, and only 26% say they don't believe),
http://www.csicop.org/scienceandmedia/indicators/

As for psychic activities, more than one-fourth of teens have had their palm read (30%) or their fortune told (27%). Other psychic deeds included being physically present when someone else used psychic powers (14%), visiting a medium or spiritual guide (9%), and consulting a psychic (9%).
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