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

Konstantinos Ioannidis; Naomi A. Fineberg; Samuel R. Chamberlain

doi:10.1192/bjp.2024.159

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

Konstantinos Ioannidis
, Naomi A. Fineberg
, Samuel R. Chamberlain

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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.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	124-126
Number of pages	3
Journal	British Journal of Psychiatry
Volume	226
Issue number	3
Early online date	25 Sept 2024
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1192/bjp.2024.159
Publication status	Published - 31 Mar 2025

Keywords

Lifestyle
digitalisation
policy
problematic usage of the internet
public health

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