ReviewCurrent addiction reports2023
Public Health Approach to Problems Related to Excessive and Addictive Use of the Internet and Digital Media.
Review in Current addiction reports, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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Who cites it
15 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 24 citations in OpenAlex.
- Factors Associated With Digital Addiction: Umbrella Review.JMIR mental health · 2025Pooled it
- Solution-focused group counseling enhances attention control in Internet addiction: Behavioral and neural evidence.Dialogues in clinical neuroscience · 2026Article
- Prevalence and associated risk factors for social networking addiction among the young generation in Bangladesh.Discover mental health · 2026Article
- Regulating short-form video addiction: a three-tiered legal framework for the protection of Chinese minors.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
- Analysis of selected digital risks as a basis for developing digital hygiene strategies. A perspective of vulnerable populations.Frontiers in public health · 2026Review
- The digital tether: a SA-SV based survey on smartphone addiction among young adults in Southern Italy.Journal of preventive medicine and hygiene · 2025Article
- Digital screen exposure in infants, children and adolescents: a systematic review of existing recommendations.Public health in practice (Oxford, England) · 2025Review
- Technology-based interventions to address internet addictive behaviors: systematic review.Discover mental health · 2025Review
- Exposure to online hate speech is positively associated with post-traumatic stress disorder symptom severity.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Co-occurrence between eating disorder symptoms and addictive behaviors among adult women: a controlled analysis.Journal of eating disorders · 2025Article
- Beyond problematic social media use and the brain: A public health and policy perspective.Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences · 2025Review
- A Narrative Inquiry Into Problematic Internet Use Among Young Adults: A Narrative Review.Cureus · 2025Review
- Mindfulness as a Path to Freedom from Internet Addiction in Adolescents: A Narrative Review.Cureus · 2024Review
- The influence of adolescents essential and non-essential use of technology and Internet addiction on their physical and mental fatigues.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Being in Virtual Reality and Its Influence on Brain Health-An Overview of Benefits, Limitations and Prospects.Brain sciences · 2024Review
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Authors and funding
2 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
Purpose of Review: Advances in digital technology and media have provided convenience and advantages in all areas of our daily lives. However, there is a risk of excessive and addictive use, which increases the risk of addiction as a disease and other related mental and physical problems. This article reviews the public health approach to problems related to excessive and addictive use of the Internet and digital media. Recent Findings: The public health model views addiction as the result of interactions among individuals, digital media, and the environment; therefore, interventions should aim to reduce risk factors and increase protective factors in these three areas. This includes developing and providing evidence-based services according to each individual's problem type and severity. Regarding interventions for digital media and the environment, restricting accessibility and regulating content may be necessary. This calls for an integrative, comprehensive, and continuous intervention strategy, and to achieve such a framework, we need to establish an information system to monitor the magnitude and patterns of related problems. Summary: This review suggests a surveillance system that provides a list of evidence-based policies from the public health perspective. Suggestions for an advanced international information, policy, and monitoring system are discussed.
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