Depression, stress and sleep disorders I am constantly increasing in the Italian population.
Depression is a mood disorder that affects millions of people. It is a complex pathology to whose origin we can identify genetic and environmental causes, and is characterized by a multiplicity of symptoms grouped in physicists, behavioral and cognitive.
Among the most frequent we mention: social isolation, passive behaviors, difficulties in resolving problems, loss or weight gain, insomnia, tachycardia, memory disorders, physical pain.
The style and quality of life affect the level of well -being of the person and on the level of stress perceived by it.
The ever greater diffusion and the ever greater Use of smartphones, tablets and computers He triggered important changes in people’s lives and in the way of communicating.
Just travel by train to realize how verbal communication and reading have been replaced by the use of smartphones and tablets.
Does this have an effect on people’s psychic health? Can contribute to the onset of depressive symptoms?
The study conducted by Sara Thomèe and colleagues, published in the BMC Psychiatry magazine, provides an answer to these questions. (www.biomedcecentral.com/1471-244x/12/176)
The aforementioned study was conducted on a population of 4163 young people (1458 men and 2705 women) aged between 20 and 24 years. For each subject, the intensity of use of electronic devices such as high, medium and low has been recorded; The type of activity carried out on the computer has also been assessed: email, chat, game.
The results show a correlation between theFrequent use of mobile phone, tablets and computers And it stress, sleep disorders and others depressive symptoms.
Specifically: intense and medium use of the computer/mobile phone increases in men sleep disorders and depressive symptoms both in women and men.
It also emerges that spending hours in front of the computer without making any pause increases in women the risk of the onset of stressOf sleep disturbances And depressive symptoms; In men, however, the probability of suffering from sleep disorders increases.
