Researchers found high mobile phone use was associated with stress and sleep disturbances for women, whereas high mobile phone use was associated with sleep disturbances and symptoms of depression in men. Do you agree that excessive cell phone use can be a risk factor for mental health issues in young adults? Yes/No and Why?
Adults get addicted to the smart phone and get sleep problems. Also when they are out on a walk with their kids, the child is always alone because the parent is occupied with the phone. This make the child feel abandoned or not worthy parental interest or not being of value for mother and father. As a result their self-esteem decreases and thoughts like "I am of no values" rise. This is the beginning of depression. If you are not given any time, you feel unloved and neglected regardless of age. Also when the parents fight a lot in front of children the same happens.
Dear S. Béatrice Marianne Ewalds-Kvist , great points. Thank you for sharing your insight!!!
Excessive use of the phone cause dizziness, nausea and lack of concentration.
Yes, it doesn't matter whether it's a cell, or line phone. Excessive phone use can be a risk factor for mental health issues leading to a depression in young and aged adults?
Dear Len Leonid Mizrah , I cannot agree any more with your comment! Thank you for sharing!!
Yes, i agree. Excessive use of cell phones and lanlines has been onserved in young adults to react in manner leading to poor mental healeh. Excessive engagement in excessive and avoidant has lead to depression and excessive anxiety. Use of phone tenda to lead to disconnect from primary support system. Failure to develop effective coping skills, and poorly developed effective communication with peers and with adults. It is very concerning.
Yes,excessive mobile phone use by children has potential to cause sleep disturbances, lack of concentration and possibly depression.
Yes off-course it can be a risk factor for not only mental but also for physical health issues too. Your question is pertaining to only mental health issues for young adult, so i am sticking to only to this population. Rather, researches report it as risk factors for all the age groups.
I am trying to answer the question in point wise as following:
1. When we inclined to cell phones excessively we neglect many crucial tasks of our day to day activities such as postponing the academic, occupational, relationship, and family responsibility, which pent up and creates a mental burden for us that can be reflected in form of the features of stress, anxiety, depression etc. (many researches have suggested that there is a high positive association between excessive cell phone or smart phone use and stress, anxiety and depression).
2. While hooked on cell phone, we neglect our counterparts in interpersonal interaction that may be our life partner or anyone else. This neglect, works as a instigator for bringing conflict in between us. In this ways relational conflicts can be the source of the stress and other mental health issues for young adults.
3. As per the researches and empirical findings, we often hooked on cell phones late night that hampers our amount and/or quality of sleep, which can be a major source of end of mental and physical health issues.
4. When we are in habit excessive cell phone use, we constantly keep on eye on battery discharge, data uses, etc. that also add on amount of stress which we already get in our day to day life from different sources. Even this content is one of the major items of many questionnaires developed for the assessing smartphone addiction.
5. Many times when are not able to access to our cell phone contents because of one or more reasons, creates stress in us.
6. In addicted individuals i am treating they even do not prefer to be away from their smartphone for a while. This can be how much stressful for them can be thought upon. Again affecting the mental health of individuals.
I hope the above text is suffice to reply to your query. There are many other such points that make excessive smartphone a source of mental health issues.
Can you be more specific about the use you mean? Phones have so many uses and in my opinion some are harmful, some not.
I would say yes. Excessive use of cell phone is hazardous and dangerous. This emits thermal radiation. This may create damage to ears. Young adults now a days are using cell phones to read, to see movies and to play games. If one gets addicted to cell phone, one may not hear other words or follow. This person will be in different plane and does not try to understand and spends or wastes time on it which creates mental illness.
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Thank you for sharing your comments!!
Yes, excessive cell phone use is a risk factor for mental health problems such as anxiety and depression in young adults.
Yes, because it contains substances that emit harmful radiation to humans and health
Of course, excessive cell phone use could be a risk factor for mental problems in young adults. I am sure you picked this population because they are the active users. But Hey! Every single thing done in excess is bad and could cause problems. Adults and especially children can suffer the long-term effects of radiation waves on the brain. Some of the mental problems include impaired memory and loss of concentration. See the document below.Article Adverse Effects of Excessive Mobile Phone Use
Broken Mobile Phone Study: 57% of People Would Miss Calling Friends & Family
I agree that excessive usage of cell phones cause major damage of health due to radiation. Either one listens, this should be done by speakers or putting head phones or keeping away from ears, speaking, keeping away from cell phone and seeing, reduce in continous or appropriate may reduce the damage of health by cell phones.
Excessive use of mobile/cellphone/smart phone causes problem in ears and eyes; it also affect mentally leads to anxiety and depression symptoms; moreover radiation emitted from smartphone may leads to some health problem
In addition to all the damages that have been described by the abusive use of mobile phones. I want to deepen its negative effect on young people. We've all seen an image like the one shown above, a group of young people using their cell phone, but they don't talk to each other! Excessive use of mobile phones can lead to isolation, lack of communication and all the problems that may arise from this. On the other hand, the great risk that implies, especially for the little ones, something that is very fashionable: "to make a live transmission of daily life with images or videos". Finally, I want to point out that specialists in the field of security and cybercrime warn us about the increase in violence or harassment among teenagers. Social networks can give an instrument to say or do things, which perhaps in a real personal relationship would not happen ...
yes excessive use of mobile phone cause severe health issues like memory loss
Article Adverse Effects of Excessive Mobile Phone Use
Research findings indicate that the use of mobile phones may lead to a number of symptoms such as headache, impaired concentration and memory, and also fatigue. The present study was designed to investigate whether the symptoms of ill health reported by young people may be associated with the use of mobile phone (MP) and to analyze its influence on health and development of medical students. The questionnaire was designed specifically for this study and contained items regarding health condition and health complaints as well as the frequency of MP use. The response rate was 86.6% (286 of 330 forms, completed by 73.77% males and 26.22% females). Most of the subjects (83.57%) had some knowledge about the adverse effects of MP use. 76.92% of the students carried one mobile, and 23.08% more than one. 55.94%, of the subjects reported the average daily MP use of less than 30 min, 27.97%, of 30-60 min, 11.53%, of 60-90 min and 4.54% of more than 90 min. 16.08% of the subjects complained of headache and 24.48% of fatigue. Impaired concentration was reported by 34.27% of respondents, memory disturbances by 40.56%, sleeplessness by 38.8%, hearing problems by 23.07%, and facial dermatitis by 16.78%. The sensation of warmth within the auricle and behind/around the ear was reported by 28.32%. Out of 286 subjects who participated in this study, 44.4% related their symptoms to mobile phone use. The findings of the present study indicate that mobile phones play a large part in the daily life of medical students. Therefore, its impact on psychology and health should be discussed among the students to prevent the harmful effects of mobile phone use.
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Is it not reported? Yes I do agree. It reduces sleep and hence restlessness which could gradually lead to disorder or mental health issues. Mohammed Kemal
Yes. Results from my initial research suggests increase sense of social isolation, decreased reality based emotional interactions, and blunted ability to engage appropriately in real based interactions. Individuals tend to demonstrate increased symptoms of depression, social anxiety, panic attacks, and impeding trust issues in couples/marriage based therapy.
Yes, because a review of literature on cell phone addiction, published in Frontiers in Psychiatry, describes cell phone and technology addiction manifesting in one or more of the following ways: choosing to use your device even in "dangerous or prohibited contexts;" losing interest in other activities; feeling irritable or uneasy if separated from your phone; or feeling anxiety or loneliness when you’re unable to send or receive an immediate message. The researchers also find that adolescents and women may be more susceptible to this behavioral addiction.
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