Increases in youth Internet addiction
Author: Hector
in recent years has increased pathological addiction to the Internet in Spanish adolescents over other mental disorders or issues pertaining to this stage, as highlighted by the member of the Madrid Psychoanalytical Association (APM), Pedro Gil Corbacho on the occasion of the Days ‘model approach to the troubled adolescent’, organized by the APM and the Hospital Universitario Niño Jesús.
Overuse of the Internet may “cause serious problems or may hide the existing ones,” the network as the young man can “shelter” and even “can create an artificial identity” to “cover” their lack of real life.
“In real life, the teenager may have a lack of social integration, low self-esteem or a low impulse control and may therefore resort to the creation of artificial personalities,” argues the psychiatrist and psychoanalyst in statements Gil Corbacho Europa Press.
Moreover, according to specialists, the main problem of this phenomenon is that it can be a “silent complement process, because the network is a very present in today’s society, moreover, is closely associated with the new generations.
“The young person may spend an hour or hour and daily average Internet connection and not be a concern, but the seriousness arises when the relationship is replaced by the virtual relationship. Not so much the number of hours, but the fact that adolescents withdraw from other activities, “says Gil Corbacho.
“The problem manifests itself,” continues the expert, when the young man put his life on the computer and has abandoned the sound and activities appropriate to their age and playing sports, going out with friends, or maintain contact with family “.
This type of disorder is part of the addiction known as without substance, which according to World Health Organization (WHO) affects one in four people. In addition, it is estimated that in Spain between 10 and 15 percent of the population is addicted to Internet, a condition that experts say is more prevalent in young people.
Apart from this addiction, Gil Corbacho has drawn attention to the abuse of alcohol and other drugs. In this sense, the psychiatrist has indicated that marijuana use “could trigger the onset of hallucinations or other delusions”, while “amphetamines produce tables similar to schizophrenia.”