Twitter 'Can Trigger Psychosis' In Some Users
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Twitter 'Can Trigger Psychosis' In Some Users
A team of doctors in Germany believe that use of the social network can "induce or aggravate" psychosis in some people.
Twitter can trigger psychosis in vulnerable people, according to a team of doctors in Germany.
Their study found that Twitter could have a "high potential to induce psychosis in predisposed users".
The doctors looked into the case of a 31-year-old woman who was admitted to a psychiatric hospital in Berlin following a mental breakdown.
She was observed spending "several hours a day reading and writing messages, neglecting her social relationships and, sometimes, even meals and regular sleeping hours".
She had come to believe that celebrities were using Twitter to reach out to her, and said there were hidden symbols in her news feed.
After further research, the researchers concluded that Twitter could "induce or aggravate" psychosis.
They said: "She finally felt increasingly desperate because she could not fulfil all of the tasks, became increasingly afraid of what would happen to her if she did not, and finally, developed intense suicidal thoughts.
"The authors believe that the amount of symbolic language (caused by the limitation of 140 characters per Twitter message), the automated spam responses with seemingly related content, and the general interactive features of Twitter might combine several aspects that could induce or further aggravate psychosis."
Psychosis is defined as a state of mind in which conscious reality is distorted or lost.
The woman had no history of psychosis, and nor did her family.
The study was published in the Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease.
http://news.sky.com/story/1315352/twitter-can-trigger-psychosis-in-some-users
Stating the bleeding obvious !!
Twitter can trigger psychosis in vulnerable people, according to a team of doctors in Germany.
Their study found that Twitter could have a "high potential to induce psychosis in predisposed users".
The doctors looked into the case of a 31-year-old woman who was admitted to a psychiatric hospital in Berlin following a mental breakdown.
She was observed spending "several hours a day reading and writing messages, neglecting her social relationships and, sometimes, even meals and regular sleeping hours".
She had come to believe that celebrities were using Twitter to reach out to her, and said there were hidden symbols in her news feed.
After further research, the researchers concluded that Twitter could "induce or aggravate" psychosis.
They said: "She finally felt increasingly desperate because she could not fulfil all of the tasks, became increasingly afraid of what would happen to her if she did not, and finally, developed intense suicidal thoughts.
"The authors believe that the amount of symbolic language (caused by the limitation of 140 characters per Twitter message), the automated spam responses with seemingly related content, and the general interactive features of Twitter might combine several aspects that could induce or further aggravate psychosis."
Psychosis is defined as a state of mind in which conscious reality is distorted or lost.
The woman had no history of psychosis, and nor did her family.
The study was published in the Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease.
http://news.sky.com/story/1315352/twitter-can-trigger-psychosis-in-some-users
Stating the bleeding obvious !!
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