The
way you use the Internet to be determined if you have depressive
symptoms, says researchers at the University «Missouri» found that
students who show signs of depression are dealing with the Internet
differently than their peers.According
to the study, to be depressed more inclined to use the services of file
sharing, as they are more commonly used for e-mail and messaging, and
spend a long time in the «chat» more than their counterparts, in
addition to that students use depressed the internet on a more random
than others, where moving from one location to another and from one application
to another, for example, in taking far «Chat Room» for a moment and
then move on to the games and then to the e-mail without a constant that
specifies the logic of that.Believed
Dr «Chellappan» author of the study that «random» is one of the most
important features of how depressed in the use of the Internet, and is
attributed to the difficulty in focusing, which are usually associated
with display Balmktib governs most of the details of his day.In
addition, depressed tend to use the applications you need to beams and
wide, ie, those that contain videos and games directly, with a rate much
greater than those who do not show depressive symptoms.Says
the author of the study: «results of our study provide a new look for
the link between Internet use and depression compared to what preceded
studies»He
adds: «We believe it is the first study using real data on the use of
the Internet has been collected unobtrusively to determine the link
between the way Internet use and depression»To
conduct this study, the researchers collected information on the
monthly usage of the Internet for more than two hundred students at the
University «Missouri», also conducted tests determine the symptoms of
depression (if any) when these students - and they found that about a
third of students living with symptoms of depressive their nuances
minimum -, Finally,
they analyze the information using the Internet among the participating
students and compared them with depressive symptoms, and concluded that
students who have shown signs of depression used the Internet in a
different and special compared to the other participants in the study.The
researchers believe that they can rely on the results of the study in
the development of the application can be used in home computers to
determine whether the method of using the Internet to show depressive
symptoms, which will provide an easy and inexpensive in the diagnosis of
depression.In
addition, researchers believe that this method can help to diagnose
other mental illnesses, Calfsam syndrome and attention deficit /
hyperactivity, and bulimia and anorexia, as it «is also important to
apply the results of this study in the diagnosis and treatment of mental
disorders among other groups such as the elderly and veterans veterans in the army »says the author of the study.
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