The Relationship Between Internet Addiction, Social Anxiety, Impulsivity, Self-esteem, and Depression in a Sample of Turkish Undergraduate Medical Students

Internet addiction, which is associated with an individual's loss of control over their internet use, is considered to be a serious mental health problem. There has been an enormous use of the internet. The use of technology by health professionals for education and clinical care is a topic of evolving interest, with the internet being used for social media, email and online medical records (Torous et al., 2014). Egle et al. (2015) demonstrated that 58% of medical students preferred electronic resources and utilized a variety of websites for medical information.

Source: Psychiatry Research - June 13, 2018 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Beng ü Yücens, Ahmet Üzer Source Type: research