Addicted to screens? Quarantine life could add to the threat It's too late to stop now – April 26, 2020 - But screen time is essentially mandatory for many Garden State residents right now. Working from home can mean checking emails and text messages on one’s phone several tim... Read More...Addiction RecoveryCoronavirusinternetMay 5 2020
Coronavirus Crisis Spurs Access to Online Treatment for Opioid Addiction NPR Report – April 20, 2020 - “I wish there was another way to get this done besides a pandemic,” says Dr. David Kan, chief medical officer of Bright Heart Health, a Walnut Creek, Calif., company. It has recent... Read More...Addiction RecoveryApril 28 2020CoronavirusinternetopioidsRecoveryRehab
‘Not the same on Zoom’ Reality TV Anyone? – April 20, 2020 - In normal times, he’d be able to turn easily to his counsellor, Tham Yuen Han – or Han, as her clients call her. For nine years, Eugene has been attending recovery su... Read More...Addiction RecoveryApril 28 2020CoronavirusinternetRecoveryRehab
Quarantine may lead to wider social media addiction LIKE ME LIKE ME LIKE ME – April 2020 - One Rutgers student said that since going into quarantine, she spends an average of 5 hours a day on TikTok, calling it a never-ending hole of content. Although social isola... Read More...April 21 2020cell phoneCoronavirusinternet
The Digital Burnout Was Coming. The Pandemic Is Expediting It Fresh Air? – April 10, 2020 - A Love Story, out now, chronicles author Casey Schwartz’s lifelong obsession with humanity’s ability—or lack thereof—to focus, with an emphasis on how the shift to an “attent... Read More...April 14 2020cell phoneinternet
‘Nobody talks about it because everyone is on it’: Adderall presents esports with an enigma eAddiction – Feb. 13, 2020 - “Nobody talks about it because everyone is on it,” former Call of Duty World Champion, Adam “KiLLa” Sloss said. When asked if Adderall abuse at events was something he had ever witnessed ... Read More...Addiction RecoveryFeb 18 2020internetvideo games
The dangers of digital crack Faux Childhoods? – January 29, 2020 - Never have we been more connected yet felt lonelier. While we realize that most of what we see on social media is staged, we are still compelled to make comparisons. It’s easy t... Read More...Addiction Recoverycell phoneFeb 4 2020internetloneliness