Internet-dependent behavior in adolescents with mental disorders

The Relationship between Emotional Intelligence and Mental Disorders with Internet Addiction in Internet Users University Students

Background: This study aimed to evaluate the relationship between emotional intelligence and mental disorders, with internet addiction in university students. Methods: The method of study was descriptive-pilot one and correlation. Two hundred internet users (male and female) from Isfahan University and Isfahan University of Technology were randomly selected. For data collection، Carson's emotio...

Internet Addiction in High School Students and Its Relationship With the Symptoms of Mental Disorders

Objectives: One of the problems that the Internet has created is a virtual addiction or addiction to the global web world causing adverse psychological behavioral effects on the users. One of the groups at higher risk for Internet addiction is teenagers, and since Internet addiction will lead to academic failure in students, evaluating it among them and its relationship with signs of mental dis...

Empathy dysfunction in children and adolescents with disruptive behavior disorders.

In this essay, we focus on empathy in children and adolescents with disruptive behavior disorders (DBD), based on the assumption that lack of empathy is a risk factor for the development of DBD. We reflect on the heterogeneity of DBD, the complex nature of the empathy construct, discuss empathy's role in aggression, and review recent findings from studies on empathic skills in children and adol...

Adolescents with Mental Disorders: The Efficacy of a Multiprofessional Approach

Mental health services for Latino adolescents with psychiatric disorders.

OBJECTIVES The major objectives of this study were to examine the prevalence of mental disorders and the use of mental health services among Latino adolescents who were receiving services in at least one of five public sectors of care in San Diego County. METHODS Survey data were gathered for a random sample of adolescents aged 12 to 18 years (N=1,164) who were receiving public-sector care. M...