Smartphone Addiction
&
Mental Health
Dr. Shakila Azim
Associate Professor
Dept. of Psychology
MDDM College
Baba Saheb Bhim Rao Ambedeker University
Muzaffarpur
Bihar,
[email protected]
INVITATION Letter:
Components of this talk: Addiction is the state of being
enslaved to a habit or practice
MENTAL HEALTH PHONE
or which we do regularly.
SMART PHONE ADDICTION When we become dependent
on something, and feel the life
World Health Organization (WHO), mental health is “a become very though and can’t
state of well-being in which the individual realizes his or her survive without that particular
own abilities, can cope with the normal stresses of life, can
thing is called ADDICTION
work productively and fruitfully, and is able to make a
contribution to his or her community” Addiction refers only to those who
have a compulsive need for a
Three components of Mental Health: particular substance such as
Emotional well-being, alcohol or drugs.
Psychological well-being, But now Studies found that
and MOBILE PHONE ADDICTION is also
Social well-being. seen in human life
ADVANTAGES
&
DISADVANTAGES MOBILE PHONE
History
Alexander Graham Bell . First Bell Telephone, June 1875. Apple Sold 34,0000
I Phones per Day in 2012
Elisha Gray Alexander Graham Bell, made the first
call on March 10, 1876, to his assistant, Xiaomi-- emerged as the most
American popular smartphone brand in the
Thomas Watson country, holding as much as 31.1%
& market share Nov 2, 2020
When ever we receive a call on
Antonio Meucci Phone, greet with ‘Hello’
Italian
EVERY SCIENTIFIC INVENTION MAKES THE HUMAN LIFE COMFORTABLE AND EASY
( If we use it Sensibly)
In August 1995, then Chief Minister of This technology is
West Bengal, Jyoti Basu made the not only capable of
first mobile phone call in India to
Union Telecom Minister Sukhram. transferring the
voice data, it is also
Sixteen years later 4G services were
launched in able to transfer
other types of data
Kolkata in 2012. including e-mails,
Today we can see pictures, videos,
the daily worker, exposure with
vegetable vendor, various types of
Students, app’s, such as fb,
Executives, and twitter, instagram,
Ministers, every
MARTIN COOPER one is using the
cellular phone.
1973 first cellular Phone invented
The most friendly technology in 21st century
is the cellular phone
Statistical Data About Mobile Phone: SOME FACTS ABOUT SMART PHONES:
Market research 7.1 billon Smart Phones have Mobile phone has more
firm tech ARC, India been produced since computing power than the
2007 (17 March 2017) computers used for the
had 50.2 APOLLO 11 Moon Landing
million smartphone 58% of smart phone users
don’t go one hour without Mobile Phones have 18
users as of checking their phones, times more bacteria than
December 2019, toilet handles,
70% of having lack of interest
which means in sex due to mobile addiction In Japan, 90% of mobile
over 77 % of Indians –(Telenav(2011) Phones are waterproof
are now accessing because youngest use them
wireless broadband 73% say they become panicked even in the shower,
when the lost their phone,
through Mob.Pho. Rediation can
smartphones. 81% of People said they keep cause INSOMNIA,
Jan 30, 2020 their phones near them,almost HEADACHE,& CONFUSIONS.
all the time during walking
2020, 84% period, The average person unlocks
of UK adults own a his/her smart phone110
72% of people said they are each day,
smartphone. rarely more than five feet
away from their hand set at
In 2019, 72% of any time,
mobile connections
are 4G, up from 66% 28% of 18-34 years olds check
Facebook before leaving Bed,
in 2018.
56% Americans admit to using
their phone in the TOILET
47% Teenagers say’s their
Social lives would end without
text messages,
ADVANTAGES of MOBILE PHONES: DISADVANTAGES of MOBILE PHONE:
• Cell phone offers you another Smartphone has impact • Increases our Stress Levels
• Increases risk of Illness in your IMMUNE
layer of personal safety. ed almost all walk of
• Provide fast access to the human life. The System
prominent areas, • Increases risk of choronic Pain
Internet. • Increases risk of Vision Problems
• Cell phones store our photos and where impacts of • Mentl Disorder
Smartphone are obvious • Headache
videos conveniently. • Hearing Problems
• It helps us in gathering include business, • Psychological Problems
• Lack of concentration
informations, • Wastage of time
• Decreases the decision making power
• Portable education, health, and • Social Isolation
• Decreases Brain Connectivity
• User Friendly social Life • Cyber Bullying
• After March 2020 Smart phone Mobile technology has d • Sleeping Disorder
drastically changed the • Social Anxiety
become the nessacity of life • Depression
• During Lockdown importance of cultural norms and • Obsessive-compulsive Disorder
individual behaviors.
Smart Phone Increased, Oct 11, 2017
• Online Classes were going on
due to smart phone
• We are using different meeting
apps,
• Online Shopping
• Online Bill Payments
• Phones spread the informations These day’s MOBILE PHONES
quickly, are
become our SOCIAL IDENTITY
What Happens in the brain when we use mobile phone unrestrictedly:
• EEG Alters Brain
• Cognitive Functions Pleasure
Centre
become Altered
• Affects the Brain
Metabolism
• Affects the Memory
• Affects the
Attention
Dopamine Brain Wiring
System
ADDICTION
Neuro- Brain
transmitter Messeges
s
Virily.com
Report: An increase in brain
metabolism as a result of the use of
mobile phones.
National Institutes of Health in the US
Reported: Higher sugar use in the
brain, a sign of increased activity,
after 50 minutes on the phone.
It also slowing down our
thinking processes.
Regions in the brain known as grey
matter showed changes in size and
shape for people with social media
addiction, according to a
study published in the journal
Addictive Behaviors.
Grey matter controls a person’s
emotions, speech, sight, hearing,
memory and self-control. Other
studies have reported similar brain
alterations due to drug usage.
Cell phone by our head, the electromagnetic midium.com
fields can penetrate up to 6 cm inside the brain.
Nerves innervating the eyes and ears may also
be exposed to cell phone radiation.
Some cell phone users have reported blurred
vision, difficulty concentrating and tinnitus
(ringing in the ears).
Scientists have reported adverse health effects
of using mobile phones including changes in brain
activity, reaction times, and sleep patterns.
Cell phone usage badly affects mental health of
adolescents and they look anxious, depressed and
angry or sometimes commit suicide.
The suicidal rate is increasing in this era. Some
studies also showed a positive relation of cell
phone addiction and physiological health.
Feb 4, 2019
1: If consumed over a long period of time,
cadmium can lead to kidney disease and cause
bones to become weaker. Large amounts of
cadmium can damage the kidney, liver and heart
and in severe cases may cause death.
Aug 30, 2012
2: lead attacks the brain and Every good
central nervous system to cause thing when
abused can be
coma, convulsions and even harmful, so is
death. Children who survive Mobile Phone
severe lead poisoning may be left
with mental retardation and
behavioural disorders.
3: Beryllium may
also affect such organs as
the liver, kidneys, heart,
nervous system, and the
lymphatic system.
4: Symptoms include tremors,
insomnia, memory loss,
neuromuscular effects,
headaches and cognitive and
motor dysfunction.
Social & Behavioural Problems
Due to Mob. Pho.
•Loss of control over the behavior Sitting together but every one is in their own world
•Persistence, or having real difficulty limiting the
behavior
•Tolerance, the need to engage in the behavior
more often to get the same feeling
•Severe negative consequences stemming from
the behavior
•Withdrawal, or feelings of irritability and anxiety
when the behavior isn’t practiced
•Relapse, or picking up the habit again after
periods of avoidance
Selfie deaths: 259 people reported dead seeking the perfect Perfect Selfie
picture. between 2011 and 2017, a 2018 global study has
revealed. Researchers at
the US National Library of Medicine
recommend that 'no selfie zones' should be introduced at
dangerous spots to reduce deaths
.Oct 4, 2018
www.bbc.com › news › newsbeat-4574598
Psychological and Nomo-phobia
Emotional Problems due (Fear of being without your mobile phone)
to Mob. Pho. A group in Italy has suggested that nomophobia be added to the fifth version of the
Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-V).
Psychologists found in researches that Mobile Texta-phonia---Fear of that you
Phones creates stress, That causes amnesia or can’t sent or receive the texts
affect the memory adversely. ... Excessive use
of mobile phones, apparently, can cause
memory loss in humans.
Sep 18, 2018
A study by the National Institutes of Phantom Vibration: feeling that
Health in the US suggests your phone is alerting you, when
that mobile phones could have an it really isn’t
effect on the brain. They reported
higher sugar use in the brain, a These personality traits There’s another similarity between
sign of increased activity, after 50 behavioral addiction and cell phone
include: overuse: the triggering of a chemical in
minutes on the phone. •low self-esteem
Feb 23, 20 •low impulse control the brain that reinforces the
•anxiety compulsive behavior.
•depression
•being highly extroverted
Check: are you a mobile
phone ADDICT
•You reach for your phone the moment you’re
alone or bored.
•You wake up multiple times at night to check
your phone.
•You feel anxious, upset, or short-tempered
when you can’t get to your phone.
•Your phone use has caused you to have an
accident or injury.
•You’re spending more and more time using
your phone.
•Phone use interferes with your job
performance, schoolwork, or relationships.
•People in your life are concerned about your
phone use patterns.
•When you try to limit your use, you relapse
quickly.
Suggestion to solve the problem:
o Teen age cell phone addiction is not easy •Turn off your wireless router at night to minimize
exposure to radiation or simply keep the phone outside
to deal,
o Parent should become a friend to his/her the room.
teen, •Eat green vegetables and get a good night’s sleep in
o Treat your child as you would treat an a dark room to enhance natural repair of DNA that may
adult, have been damaged by cell phone use.
o At the same time show your authority
•Never text and drive (this holds true regardless of
o Become a positive example, radiation…), and use specially adapted antennas for cars
o Another good solution to teen cell phone to avoid absorbing maximum power as the phone moves
addiction is setting a limit on the internet from one cell system to another.
available Data,
o Monitor their mobile activity,
o Use a headset
Mobile Phones Are the
need of todays life
but
“PHONES SHOULD BE
SLAVES NOT MASTERS”