Depressing news

[Moscow Mule]

Dude.

What does mine say?

Sweet!

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Dr Vaughan Bell, from the Institute of Psychiatry at King's College London said that by definition, those identified as "internet addicts" are emotionally distressed, so the conclusions are "not a big surprise".

In terms of cause and effect, he pointed out that previous research has suggested that people who are depressed or anxious may be more likely to use the internet rather than the other way round.

I wouldn''t worry about it.

It's a generational thing.

Teenagers have been soaked in it - you show any of them this article and they'd look at you like you'd gone out...

Dude.

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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/8493149.stm

There is a strong link between heavy internet use and depression, UK psychologists have said.

The study, reported in the journal Psychopathology, found 1.2% of people surveyed were "internet addicts", and many of these were depressed.