Abstract
Behavioral addictions such as addiction to the Internet, computer games or social media are increasingly challenging our concern about the mental well-being, especially among the young generation. The youth more often and longer reach for electronic devices, which take them away from real world into virtual space, which is stimulating and pleasant at the same time. They have become the sources of entertainment, science, gaining knowledge or they can be used as tools to communicate. Accessibility and popularity of social media, which create the addiction pattern, seem to have a positive as well as negative impact on mental state. As we notice various types of social media in the current world, it is definitely worth having a look at how addiction to social media is connected with other different mental disorder comorbidity.
Highlights
The digitization of the society, especially the younger generation, over the last few decades has spread the prevalence of electronic devices offering an easy access to the Internet
Among the 1222 patients with bipolar disorder, Internet was used by 88 (47%) out of 187 over 60year olds and 884 (87%) out of 1021 patients under 60 years old [20]. Behavioral addiction, such as social media addiction, is an increasing phenomenon, which presumably will be growing over time
It seems to be significant to use them in a sensible way and monitor the time spent on social media, especially by the youth
Summary
The digitization of the society, especially the younger generation, over the last few decades has spread the prevalence of electronic devices offering an easy access to the Internet. It has become a source of information, entertainment, knowledge, and a tool for work or learning. The coexistence of mental disorders among the Internet addiction users, problematic Internet users and the control group is illustrated by table 1 [1]. It compares the occurrence of some mental disorders in the three groups studied.
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