Wikipedia:Today's featured article/November 6, 2019
The relationships betweendigital media use and mental healthhave been investigated since the mid-1990s, but the delineation between beneficial and pathological use of digital media has not been established, and there are no widely accepted diagnostic criteria. Some experts consider overuse a manifestation of underlying psychiatric disorders, but moderate digital media use has been found beneficial to mental health. Digitaladdictionsand dependencies have also been widely studied. The links between digital media use and mental health outcomes appear to depend on the individuals and the platforms they use. The eleventh revision of theInternational Classification of Diseasesincludes agaming disorderdiagnosis (commonly known as video game addiction), but neither it nor theDiagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Editionincludes diagnoses forproblematic internet useorproblematic social media use.(Full article...)