
451- Addictive Technology and Its Impact on Teen Brains
ADHD Experts Podcast
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The Red Flags and Criteria Around Problematic Gaming
YouTube is very popular these days with teens. I think I would look at the same criteria for what a gaming disorder or behavior addiction looks like and fill in YouTube instead of it being gaming. Social media can again be similar capacity of if they're wanting to spend more and more time on it, that could be an issue. If our teams are going online and spending like four hours a day on social media, but they're really engaging with friendships and enhancing their friendships, they're working on school projects. But if it's simply like an entertainment focus, they're neglecting other responsibilities and there are problems in their overall health and well-being because of this one activity, then that's when
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