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Running head: HEALTHCARE
AVOIDING MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES RELATED TO INTERNET
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Mental health disorders have been found to engross a major section of the human
population. This section of health disorders comprises of a large group of health problems
associated with depression, stress and anxiety. This paper will discuss the effect of internet on
mental health condition of the users.
Introduction
Since the past few years, addiction towards the internet (IA) and IGD (Internet
Gaming Disorder) has become very frequent. These are the two main mental health issues
associated with internet usage. Associated people have become more exposed to psychiatric
and personality disorders which leads to low self-esteem, behaviour changes and mood
disorders including stress and anxiety (Yoo, Cho & Cha, 2014). The hypothesis statement of
this paper is that overuse of the internet leads to the development of stress and anxiety among
the associated people. The next section will discuss two problems associated with the
condition and one solution to the issue faced due to high internet usage among today's
population.
Body
Various psychiatric disorders have been found to have a high correlation with IA or
internet addiction. Among all these, depression and anxiety are the two major problems faced
by the users. This factor has been proved by various research studies performed in this field.
The first problem is depression which has been found to be higher in males than females.
This is because of the fact that males have been found to have more internet addiction than
females. Out of 1.3% individuals, 2% of males have IA and 0.6 per cent of females have IA
(Kato, Shinfuku & Tateno, 2020). Depression is mainly caused due to the problem associated
with dopamine transported in the brain. The level of dopamine transported as measured by
single-photon emission showed that individuals with IA had their brain scans altered. Neural