Internet Addiction: Digital menace slowly advancing towards a pandemic- a case series from North India

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Case Report | Volume 13 Issue:1 (, 2023) | Pages 315 - 321

Internet Addiction: Digital menace slowly advancing towards a pandemic- a case series from North India

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DOI : 10.5083/ejcm

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Feb. 3, 2023

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Background: The internet, mobile phones, and other similar tools are indispensable for the current functioning of both private life and business. In these two years of Covid 19 pandemic (2019 2021), internet use, especially for different games as well as social networking, were indispensable for the global population, allowing engagement and interaction among many people online in a virtual world. The term ‘Internet Addiction Disorder’ was first coined and described by Dr. Kimberly Young. There are various models for diagnostic criteria which contain some commonalities

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COVID 19

Internet Addiction

Digital menace

European Journal of Cardiovascular Medicine

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