NEW DELHI: Noted Stanford psychologist Philip Zimbardo suggested that online gaming would prove to be the real Fall of Man someday. Though most experts scoffed at his theory laid down in the book 'Man Disconnected', addiction to online gaming certainly seems to be taking a toll on the mental health of adolescents and youths.The case of two brothers who were addicted to gaming and required a month of rehabilitation in the psychiatry ward of Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital, Delhi, should serve as a warning.The elder, aged 22, was in his second year of engineering, while the younger, 19, was in Class 12. By the time their parents brought them to hospital, they were socially, and to a large extent physically , dysfunctional. Hooked to gaming, they had no time for studies, meals or bathing.The most odious symptom was the habit of urinating in their clothes. Always engrossed in gaming, they had no time for studies, meals, bathing or changing clothes. They slept fitfully, ignored phone calls and the doorbell, and twice turned a blind eye to robbers cleaning out their house. The most odious symptom of their decline was the habit of defecating and urinating in their clothes while playing.Dr Ankur Sachdeva, the psychiatrist who treated them at RML, is now posted at the ESIC Medical College and Hospital in Faridabad. He said the brothers' condition had gradually worsened over two years."Many parents come to us with complaints of children spending excessive time surfing the internet. But this case was a shocker indeed. We had to admit them for over a month to reduce the craving for online games and prevent a relapse," said Dr Sachdeva.