This article involves the study of how Internet users exhibit signs of depression.

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Internet Depression

Depression is a serious illness that interferes with daily life. The person experiences varying severity of anxiety, sadness, and restlessness. According to the National institute of Mental Health, other symptoms identifying depression include difficulty concentrating, loss of interest in activities once enjoyable, insomnia, overeating and thoughts of suicide. This disorder can completely consume a person’s life, as they become a shadow of their former self. It also has negative effects on their families and friends as they try to provide them with the support and care they need so that they can continue on with their lives as normally as possible.

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Chellappan, Sriram (2012, June 15). How Depressives Surf the Web. Retrieved from http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/17/opinion/sunday/how-depressed-people-use-the-internet.html

        This article involves the study of how Internet users exhibit signs of depression. They surveyed 216 undergraduate students at Missouri University of Science and Technology with a depression test and monitored how they used the Internet without actually spying on what or whom they were emailing. They found that the participants that scored high in the depression test actively used their email, which psychologists believed to indicate high levels of anxiety. They would also constantly switch between emailing, chatting, and playing games, which indicated difficulty concentrating.  This ...

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