Taming the Chimaera-Hydra: disconnecting from the net to fortify our mental health

Konstantinos Ioannidis; Naomi A. Fineberg; Samuel R. Chamberlain

doi:10.1192/bjp.2024.159

Taming the Chimaera-Hydra: disconnecting from the net to fortify our mental health

Konstantinos Ioannidis^*, Naomi A. Fineberg, Samuel R. Chamberlain

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

In our ever digitalising society, our engagement with the online world has significant potential to have a negative impact on our mental health. Although the roles of public health and psychiatry are debated, clinicians are in a strategic position to assess usage and intervene, to prevent harms from problematic engagement with the internet.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	124-126
Number of pages	3
Journal	British Journal of Psychiatry
Volume	226
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1192/bjp.2024.159
State	Published - 1 Mar 2025
Externally published	Yes

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© The Author(s), 2024. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of Royal College of Psychiatrists.

Keywords

digitalisation
Lifestyle
policy
problematic usage of the internet
public health

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Taming the Chimaera-Hydra: disconnecting from the net to fortify our mental health

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