Is the Blue Whale Game among adolescents just a media hype?
| Autor: | Suresh Bada Math, Seshadri Sekhar Chatterjee, Vishwas S Yadawad, Shivanand B Hiremath, Manjunath B Kondapura, Guru S Gowda, Soumitra Das |
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| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
biology lcsh:RC435-571 Whale Addiction media_common.quotation_subject Public health world Public health interventions india Globe General Medicine Criminology medicine.anatomical_structure State (polity) lcsh:Psychiatry biology.animal Political science medicine blue whale game adolescents Speculation human activities suicide media_common |
| Zdroj: | Indian Journal of Social Psychiatry, Vol 35, Iss 4, Pp 227-230 (2019) |
| ISSN: | 0971-9962 |
| Popis: | Gaming addiction is an emerging public health concern among adolescents from all over the world. Blue Whale Game is an allegedly reported epidemic which involve self-harm of adolescents. Although there have been reported deaths of teenagers which were allegedly related to Blue Whale challenge game across the globe, there has been no confirmed case/evidence till now. This article throws light on the proposed hypothesis and speculation behind the suicide of teenagers and discusses public health interventions at the individual, family, and state levels. |
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