Washington, Nov mber 21: A new study has found a connection
between the gradual development and exacerbation of psychotic
symptoms, including delusions, anxiety, confusion, and
intensified use of computer communications such as Facebook. In
his study, Dr. Uri Nitzan of Tel Aviv University’s Sackler
Faculty of Medicine and the Shalvata Mental Health Care Center
presented three in-depth case studies linking psychotic episodes
to Internet communications from his own practice. According to
Dr. Nitzan, patients shared some crucial characteristics,
including loneliness or vulnerability due to the loss of or
separation from a loved one, relative inexperience with
technology, and no prior history of psychosis or substance
abuse. The good news is that all of the patients, who willingly
sought out treatment on their own, were able to make a full
recovery with proper treatment and care, Dr. Nitzan said. The
Internet is a free and liberal space that many individuals use
on a daily basis and a growing part of a normal soc