Digital devices don’t cause depression


Part of life: Digital devices are necessary tools for work, education and leisure. – 123rf.com

IT is a widely held perception that spending too much time on digital devices will lead to a host of mental, physical and emotional problems, especially in children.

Parents became even more anxious after the World Health Organisation (WHO) released its sedentary screen time guidelines which set tight usage limits for children under the age of five, said Universiti Malaya Centre of Addiction Sciences Department of Psychological Medicine Psychiatrist and Addiction Medicine Specialist Assoc Prof Dr Anne Yee Hway Ann.

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