Background More than two-thirds of individuals with a substance use problem have seen a primary care provider in the previous 6 months. However, these substance use disorders often go unrecognized or without treatment due to a lack of optimized assessment and intervention models with which primary care providers are comfortable. As national guidelines call for improved integration of addiction ...

Background Smartphones are Internet-accessible devices that everyone can use in any setting, and their popularity is growing. However, the pervasiveness of smartphone technology has raised concerns owing to its addictive effect among adolescents association with sleep quality mental physical health issues. Objectives This study aimed determine addiction on secondary high schools Makkah, Saudi A...

Smart phones have permeated every part of people’s lives in the mobile internet era and are virtually taken for granted on a daily basis. Chinese primary school students facing serious problem with gaming addiction as result their easy access to cell phones. The excessive usage games has negative impacts children’s academic performance, physical health, mental may possibly severe, irreversible ...

background: given the high prevalence of addiction in iran and its social and health problems, addiction is considered as one of the few national health priority. this study compared the views of addicts and their families about the causes of drug abuse that referred to addiction centers in khorramabad, iran. methods: this cross-sectional study was conducted on addicts and their families who re...

This paper examines the existence of users’ preference for flat rate media access fees and identifies the factors that influence such preferences. Specifically, we explore consumer addiction to flat rate pricing plans, defined as “flat-rate preference,” and examine such concepts from the perspective of behavioral economics. Consumers’ psychological factors employed from behavioral economics are...

Virtual societies and virtual worlds are now patriotically a part of lives of many people, especially the younger generations who have been growing up with the internet and mobile networks. Negative influences such as internet addiction and aggressive behavior have drawn attentions from researchers. As a result the focus has been on how to prevent them from spending too much of time in virtual ...

the production, distribution, and consumption of information are the most important development indices of any nation. plenty of opportunities were created by e-learning which have overall paved the grounds for and enriched the presentation of learning materials through advanced audiovisual educational facilities. such learning environments are by and large flexible and provide more appropriate...