Digital media use and mental health

Na dem investigate de relationships between digital media use den mental health by various researchers—predominantly psychologists, sociologists, anthropologists, den medical experts—especially since de mid-1990s, after de growth of de World Wide Web den rise of text messaging. Na dem explore a significant body of research  "overuse" phenomena, dem commonly know am as "digital addictions", anaa "digital dependencies". Dese phenomena dey manifest differently insyd chaw societies den cultures. Na sam experts investigate de benefits of moderate digital media use insyd various domains, wey dey include insyd mental health, den de treatment of mental health problems plus novel technological solutions.

Na dem no establish de delineation between beneficial den pathological use of digital media. Der be no widely accepted diagnostic criteria, although sam experts dey consider overuse a manifestation of underlying psychiatric disorders. De prevention den treatment of pathological digital media use sanso no be standardized, although na dem develop de guidelines for safer media use give kiddies den families. De 2013 fifth edition of de Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5) den de International Classification of Diseases (ICD-11) no dey include diagnoses for problematic internet use den problematic social media use; de ICD-11 dey include a diagnosis give gaming disorder (dem commonly know am as video game addiction), whereas de DSM-5 no dey do. Debate over how den wen make dem diagnose dese conditions be ongoing as of 2023. Na dem question de use of de term addiction make dem refer to dese phenomena den diagnoses.

Digital media den screen time amongst modern social media apps such as Instagram, Tiktok, Snapchat den Facebook na dem change how kiddies think, interact den develop insyd positive den negative ways, buh researchers be unsure about de existence of hypothesized causal links between digital media use den mental health outcomes. Those links dey appear make dem depend for de individual den de platforms dem dey use top. Na several large technology firms make commitments anaa dem announce strategies make dem try make dem reduce de risks of digital media use.

 History den terminology 
De relationship between digital technology den mental health na dem investigate am from chaw perspectives.Ryding FC, Kaye LK (2018). ""Internet Addiction": a Conceptual Minefield". International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction. 16 (1): 225–232. doi:10.1007/s11469-017-9811-6. PMC 5814538. PMID 29491771. Na dem found de benefits of digital media use insyd kiddie time den adolescent development.Office of the Surgeon General (2023), "Social Media Has Both Positive and Negative Impacts on Children and Adolescents", Social Media and Youth Mental Health: The U.S. Surgeon General’s Advisory [Internet], US Department of Health and Human Services, retrieved 1 January 2024 Na dem express concerns by researchers, clinicians den de public in regard to apparent compulsive behaviors of digital media users, as correlations between technology overuse den mental health problems cam turn apparent.Montag C, Becker B, Gan C (2018). "The Multipurpose Application WeChat: A Review on Recent Research". Frontiers in Psychology. 9: 2247. doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2018.02247. PMC 6297283. PMID 30618894.

 References 

 External links 
 Anthropology of Social Media: Why We Post, University College London, Free online five-week course, asking "What are the consequences of social media?"
 Social Media Use and Mental Health: A Review – ongoing review curated by Jean Twenge & Jonathan Haidt.
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