Psychiatric News (4/10) reported a study found that “digital addiction among health care professionals was significantly associated with higher rates of anxiety, depression, and stress.” For the study, “researchers surveyed 371 health professionals from two hospitals in Turkey.” The participants used digital devices “an average of 4.4 hours per day, with 65% using them for social media platforms.” Researchers observed that “higher digital addiction scores were associated with more loneliness, anxiety, depression, and stress. Duration of digital device use was the strongest predictor of digital addiction. Similarly, higher loneliness scores were associated with higher digital addiction scores and more hours spent on digital devices. Together, loneliness and digital addiction explained 21% to 23% of the variance in anxiety, depression, and stress symptoms among participants.” The study was published in BMC Psychology.
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— “Digital Addiction Associated With Depression, Anxiety Among Clinicians, Psychiatric News , April 10, 2026