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