Blue Whale Challenge: Perplexing the teens’ minds
Journal Title: Indian Journal of Youth and Adolescent Health - Year 2017, Vol 4, Issue 2
Abstract
With advent of progress in internet communication and online gaming, the use of internet has increased considerably amongst adolescents.1 The utilization has risen to such an extent that it has become pathological and ‘Internet Gaming Disorder’ has been included in the latest edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5) as a condition meriting further research.2 Though there is ample evidence stating the psychological consequences of playing online games and getting ‘hooked to them’, taking one’s life or committing suicide presents the extreme behavior of an adolescent perplexed with the online challenge.
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Dr. Tanu Anand
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