smartphones – A New Vision for Mental Health

The Anxious Generation by Jonathan Haidt – a pocket full of poison

Author: Editorial 22nd March 2024 0 Comments

“An urgent and persuasive warning about the toll of ‘phone-based childhoods’” This article by Sophie McBain has been published in The Guardian. It begins: “At the start of the 2010s, rates of teenage mental illness took a sharp upward turn, and…
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anxiety, children and adolescents, Jonathan Haidt, smartphones, social media, Sophie McBain, The Guardian

Stolen Focus: Why You Can’t Pay Attention

Author: Editorial 18th February 2022 0 Comments

With relevance to wellbeing (and improved sense-making), this book has been written by Johann Hari. The publishers say: “Why have we lost our ability to focus? What are the causes? And, most importantly, how do we get it back?For Stolen Focus, internationally…
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ADHD, attention span, diet, Impairment of sense-making, information overload, Johann Hari, sleep disruption, smartphones, social media, wellbeing

More Bad News About Smartphones – When Will We Heed the Warnings?

Author: Editorial 15th November 2017 0 Comments

This blog-post from Mad in America is written by James Schroeder, PhD: “Over the past few years, many of you have heard me and other professionals describe how smartphone use, and the technologically immersive culture in general, are associated with a multitude of negative outcomes….
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anxiety, cyberbullying, intellect, James Schroeder, pornography, sleep disruption, smartphones, social skills, technocracy