tobiashbl.bsky.social
@tobiashbl.bsky.social
working in addiction prevention in Vienna. Clinical psych, community psych, emotions.
But their origin does not change that they are underspecified. They allow for many interpretations and no way of knowing what people agreed to.

Some positive aspects: increase in mental health, social connectedness, support, coping, exploration of self and interests, access to information
May 19, 2025 at 8:24 PM
The use of „can“ in formulating the causal claims makes it quite hard to disagree. Smartphones can impair mental health, but the actual debate is whether they do so more than not. Esp. since the majority of experts actually think effects are context dependent

A shame no positive effects are asked..
May 16, 2025 at 10:59 AM
Incredible! Could also work well for counseling
November 20, 2024 at 6:22 AM