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Does excessive Internet use cause depression?

Posted on March 7, 2010 by Patricia Rogers

One of the challenges for genuine evaluation is striking a balance between being overly bold in statements and overly cautious. An example of an analysis that seems to strike this balance is in the Health: Best Treatments blog (a joint project of The British Medical Journal and The Guardian newspaper) of the limitations of recent research that reported:

About 1 in 100 people are ‘addicted’ to using the internet, and these people have a greater risk of becoming depressed. Continue reading →

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