As artificial intelligence (AI) turbocharges addictive apps and algorithms, global health experts are sounding the alarm on a growing crisis: Internet addiction now affects nearly half of smartphone users worldwide, with children and teens facing the most significant risks.
Digital technologies and societal problems are becoming increasingly intertwined, creating unprecedented mental health challenges worldwide, according to a coalition of health experts writing in The Lancet Psychiatry. Their statement, published mid-October and titled The Lancet Psychiatry Commission on “Global Action Against Problematic Usage of the Internet (PUI),” aims to develop evidence-based recommendations for addressing what many now consider a worldwide epidemic of internet addiction....
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