Taming the Chimaera-Hydra: disconnecting from the net to fortify our mental health.

Ioannidis, Konstantinos; Fineberg, Naomi A; Chamberlain, Samuel R · Br J Psychiatry · 2025

editorial · Level V

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Abstract

In our ever digitalising society, our engagement with the online world has significant potential to have a negative impact on our mental health. Although the roles of public health and psychiatry are debated, clinicians are in a strategic position to assess usage and intervene, to prevent harms from problematic engagement with the internet.

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