Preventing problematic internet use during the COVID-19 pandemic: Consensus guidance.
Orsolya Király,Marc N. Potenza,Dan J. Stein,Daniel L. King,David C. Hodgins,John B. Saunders,Mark D. Griffiths,Biljana Gjoneska,Joël Billieux,Matthias Brand,Max Abbott,Samuel R. Chamberlain,Ornella Corazza,Julius Burkauskas,Célia M. D. Sales,Christian Montag,Christine Lochner,Edna Grünblatt,Elisa Wegmann,Giovanni Martinotti,Hae Kook Lee,Hans-Jürgen Rumpf,Jesús Castro-Calvo,Afarin Rahimi-Movaghar,Susumu Higuchi,José M. Menchón,Joseph Zohar,Luca Pellegrini,Susanne Walitza,Naomi A. Fineberg,Zsolt Demetrovics +30 more
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Although for the vast majority ICT use is adaptive and should not be pathologized, a subgroup of vulnerable individuals are at risk of developing problematic usage patterns and the present consensus guidance discusses these risks and makes some practical recommendations that may help diminish them.About:
This article is published in Comprehensive Psychiatry.The article was published on 2020-05-12 and is currently open access. It has received 501 citations till now.read more
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How is COVID-19 pandemic impacting mental health of children and adolescents?
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The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on patients with OCD: Effects of contamination symptoms and remission state before the quarantine in a preliminary naturalistic study.
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The impact of COVID-19 lockdown on internet use and escapism in adolescents
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