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Ramsawak R, Mohan P, Hutchinson G. Understanding mental health conditions and key coping strategies utilized during major lockdowns in the Caribbean based on Google trends searches. Heliyon 2023; 9:e19843. [PMID: 37780774 PMCID: PMC10539973 DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e19843] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/04/2022] [Revised: 08/28/2023] [Accepted: 09/04/2023] [Indexed: 10/03/2023] Open
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The COVID-19 pandemic has prompted countries to implement extended Shelter in Place Orders (SIPOs) to restrict population movement and mitigate community spread. While these lockdown measures may be effective in containing the virus, they can substantially impact the population's well-being, potentially undermining their overall welfare. This study investigates whether major lockdowns implemented in the Caribbean produced differential changes in mental health among key English-Speaking Caribbean countries. More importantly, unlike past studies, we examine key coping strategies persons utilize during major lockdowns. Finally, this paper utilizes a novel near real-time high-frequency data source in Google Trends data analytics to assess mental health patterns and coping strategies among major Caribbean countries. Based on the results of difference-in-difference and event study models, we find positive and significant increases in searches for fear, depression, and suicide during key lockdown periods, which suggest negative mental health effects. Regarding coping strategies, searches for Zoom, learning, books, exercise, prayer, religion, and meditation increased, together with searches for addiction and marijuana. These results indicate the types of programs health administrators and policymakers can implement during lockdown periods to help local mental health communities, particularly among island communities.
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- Richard Ramsawak
- The Business School, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology – HCMC, Viet Nam
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- Sir Arthur Lewis Institute of Social and Economic Studies, University of the West Indies, St Augustine Trinidad and Tobago
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- Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of the West Indies, Mt Hope, Trinidad and Tobago
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Santos SC, Liguori EW, Garvey E. How digitalization reinvented entrepreneurial resilience during COVID-19. TECHNOLOGICAL FORECASTING AND SOCIAL CHANGE 2023; 189:122398. [PMID: 36778643 PMCID: PMC9899783 DOI: 10.1016/j.techfore.2023.122398] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/16/2022] [Revised: 01/30/2023] [Accepted: 02/02/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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The emergence of new digital technologies has transformed entrepreneurship and, very likely, enabled many new and established ventures to avoid bankruptcy throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. Digital technologies are key to identifying, evaluating and exploiting opportunities, scaling a venture's competitiveness, improving efficiency and innovating, especially during uncertain times. We explore how digital technologies reinvented entrepreneurial resilience during the COVID-19 pandemic and distill the digital artifacts, platforms and infrastructures used by entrepreneurs to demonstrate entrepreneurial resilience. We analyzed 42 reflective interviews featuring successful entrepreneurs from How I Built This "Resilience Series" podcast that explore how entrepreneurs responded to the COVID-19 crisis. We adopted a systematic approach to identify and describe the behaviors, actions and strategies related to digitalization to reinvent the business in the uncertain and resource-constrained context of COVID-19. The data analysis yielded thirteen first-order codes categorized into five second-order themes: creative digital pivoting, digital infrastructures, social impact through digital technology, burdens to digital adoption, and growth through digitalization. These second-order themes reveal to function as both enablers and barriers to entrepreneurial resilience in this adverse context. Our exploratory analysis suggests how digitalization influences entrepreneurial resilience.
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- Susana C Santos
- School of Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Rowan University, United States of America
- Instituto Universitário de Lisboa (ISCTE-IUL), Business Research Unit (BRU-IUL), Lisboa, Portugal
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- School of Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Rowan University, United States of America
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- School of Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Rowan University, United States of America
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Durmuş SÇ, Gülnar E, Özveren H. Determining digital burnout in nursing students: A descriptive research study. NURSE EDUCATION TODAY 2022; 111:105300. [PMID: 35245738 DOI: 10.1016/j.nedt.2022.105300] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/28/2021] [Revised: 02/03/2022] [Accepted: 02/12/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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BACKGROUND Nursing students have been spending much more time on digital platforms for educational purposes since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. However, prolonged screen time can cause digital burnout. This paper investigated digital burnout levels in nursing students. DESIGN This was a descriptive study. SETTINGS The study population consisted of 443 nursing students of the faculty of health sciences of a university in the 2020-2021 academic year. The sample consisted of 361 nursing students who agreed to participate in the study and filled out the data collection forms. Participants were recruited using convenience sampling. The participation rate was 81.5%. PARTICIPANTS First-, second-, third-, and fourth-year nursing students. METHODS Data were collected using a descriptive characteristics questionnaire and the Digital Burnout Scale (DBS). The data were analyzed using number, percentage, and mean (minimum, maximum) and the student t-test, One way ANOVA, Kruskal-Wallis test, and Mann-Whitney U test. RESULTS Participants had a total DBS score of 72.28 ± 18.92. They had a mean DBS "digital aging," "digital deprivation," and "emotional exhaustion" subscale score of 37.57 ± 10.02, 15.66 ± 5.89, and 19.54 ± 5.60, respectively. Participants who spent more than five hours a day online had higher DBS scores than those who spent less than five hours a day online (p < 0.05). Participants who were always stressed out had higher DBS scores than those who were sometimes or never stressed out (p < 0.05). CONCLUSION Participants had above-average digital burnout levels, which were affected by the average time spent online per day, stress level, physical and psychological health, and economic status. The curriculum should teach nursing students how and how much to use digital media.
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- Serpil Çelik Durmuş
- Kırıkkale University Faculty of Health Sciences, Nursing Department, 71450 Kırıkkale, Turkey.
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- Kırıkkale University Faculty of Health Sciences, Nursing Department, 71450 Kırıkkale, Turkey
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- Kırıkkale University Faculty of Health Sciences, Nursing Department, 71450 Kırıkkale, Turkey
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Szente V, Fertő I, Benedek Z. Growing couch potatoes? The impact of COVID-19 in the light of personal values in Hungary. AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD ECONOMICS 2022; 10:11. [PMID: 35378974 PMCID: PMC8968773 DOI: 10.1186/s40100-022-00217-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/29/2021] [Revised: 01/27/2022] [Accepted: 03/15/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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The spread of the COVID-19 pandemic has unprecedentedly affected consumer behaviour. This paper reflects on changes in food consumption, buying, and training (working out) habits using a representative sample of 1000 Hungarian consumers and identifies consumer segments with unique needs based on personal sources of motivation. The widely known Schwartz Portrait Value Questionnaire was used to characterize individual value profiles. Employing k-medians clustering, three clusters were identified. "Business-as-usual People" managed to maintain their daily routines. The frequency of buying local food decreased the least among them. The sedentary lifestyle of the next cluster, "Inactive savers", appears to have been accompanied by a lower level of food intake. Accordingly, this group was possibly less subject to the negative impacts of obesity, but more in need of psychological support to avoid devastating mental health outcomes. The third cluster initially appeared to encompass "Couch Potatoes" based on their COVID-induced lifestyles. However, the analysis of the value portraits of the latter showed that they were not couch potatoes at all, but rather active and proactive "Stay-at-home Businesspeople" who may benefit from guidance regarding how to manage the increase in housekeeping and childcare, and how to become more physically active in the home environment. The results are valuable from both a scientific and practical perspectives.
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- Viktória Szente
- Hungarian University of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Kaposvár, 7400 Hungary
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- Hungarian University of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Kaposvár, 7400 Hungary
- Centre for Economic and Regional Studies, Budapest, 1097 Hungary
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- Centre for Economic and Regional Studies, Budapest, 1097 Hungary
- John von Neumann University, Hungarian National Bank—Research Center, Kecskemét, 6000 Hungary
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Buenadicha-Mateos M, Sánchez-Hernández MI, González-López ÓR. Analysis of the Emotional Exhaustion Derived From Techno-Stress in the Next Generation of Qualified Employees. Front Psychol 2022; 13:792606. [PMID: 35211061 PMCID: PMC8861518 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2022.792606] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/10/2021] [Accepted: 01/17/2022] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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This study analyses the emotional exhaustion of students inhigher education, derived from the extremely technology-relatedstrain associated to the current COVID-19 pandemic in a conservation of resources' approach. Technostress, as source of emotional exhaustion, was investigated in a sample of 333 students in a medium size public university in Spain. Data was collected in May 2020, during the COVID lockdown. After literature review, a structural model was developed, linking technostress with emotional exhaustion. Results confirm the expected cause-effect relationships. In addition, the study reveals two mediator variables that must be considered when managing students' suffering, perceived stress and intrapersonal conflicts. This study contributes to the academic literature in the field of managing and mitigating suffering. They do so by providing both new knowledge and empirical evidence on the effects of technostress in the new generations that will soon join the working life.
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Anand N, Sharma MK, Thakur PC, Mondal I, Sahu M, Singh P, J AS, Kande JS, Ms N, Singh R. Doomsurfing and doomscrolling mediate psychological distress in COVID-19 lockdown: Implications for awareness of cognitive biases. Perspect Psychiatr Care 2022; 58:170-172. [PMID: 33880766 PMCID: PMC8250995 DOI: 10.1111/ppc.12803] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/15/2020] [Revised: 03/15/2021] [Accepted: 04/03/2021] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has led to a significant increase in the consumption of the internet for work, leisure time activities, and has also generated substantial amounts of anxiety, and uncertainty, which has lead individuals to spend a lot of time surfing the internet for the latest news on developments in the COVID-19 crisis. This ends up as scrolling or surfing through a lot of pessimistic news items. This search for information during COVID-19 is apparently influenced by a number of cognitive biases as well as mediated by poor affect regulation skills. Thus, there is a need to address these cognitive biases and promote affect regulation strategies across health settings.
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- Nitin Anand
- Department of Clinical Psychology, National Institute of Mental Health & Neuro Sciences (NIMHANS), Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
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- Department of Clinical Psychology, SHUT Clinic (Service for Healthy use of Technology), NIMHANS Center for Well Being, National Institute of Mental Health & Neuro Sciences (NIMHANS), Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
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- Department of Nursing, National Institute of Mental Health & Neuro Sciences (NIMHANS), Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
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- Department of Clinical Psychology, National Institute of Mental Health & Neuro Sciences (NIMHANS), Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
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- Department of Nursing, National Institute of Mental Health & Neuro Sciences (NIMHANS), Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
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- Department of Clinical Psychology, SHUT Clinic (Service for Healthy use of Technology), NIMHANS Center for Well Being, National Institute of Mental Health & Neuro Sciences (NIMHANS), Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
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- Department of Clinical Psychology, SHUT Clinic (Service for Healthy use of Technology), NIMHANS Center for Well Being, National Institute of Mental Health & Neuro Sciences (NIMHANS), Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
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- Department of Clinical Psychology, National Institute of Mental Health & Neuro Sciences (NIMHANS), Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
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- Department of Psychiatric Social work, National Institute of Mental Health & Neuro Sciences (NIMHANS), Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
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- Department of Psychiatric Social work, National Institute of Mental Health & Neuro Sciences (NIMHANS), Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
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Negishi K, Ayaki M. Presbyopia developed earlier during the COVID-19 pandemic. PLoS One 2021; 16:e0259142. [PMID: 34762654 PMCID: PMC8584719 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0259142] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/28/2021] [Accepted: 10/14/2021] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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PURPOSE The aim of this cohort study was to evaluate the development and progression of presbyopia and the status of dry eye-related symptoms from 2017 to 2020, to assess the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. METHODS Near add power at 30 cm was measured in 339 participants aged between 40 and 55 from 2017 to 2021 at Japanese eye clinics. Regression analysis of near add power and age was analyzed to compare 2017 with later years up to the pandemic. The prevalence of dry eye-related signs and six common symptoms were compared. RESULTS The number and mean age (y) of participants were 183 (48.6±4.1) in 2017, 46 (51.3±7.5) in 2019, and 110 (49.2±3.7) in 2020-21, respectively. The mean progression rate of near add power (D/y) was 0.13 for 2017, 0.09 for 2019 (P = 0.028, vs 2017), and 0.08 for 2020-21 (P<0.001, vs 2017). The slope (rate of presbyopia progression) became flatter from 2017 to 2021 and the estimated near add power at the age of 40 increased from 2017 to 2020-2021, implicating presbyopia developed earlier and worsened during the study period. The 2017 values were comparable with previous studies described in 1922 and 2019. The standardized correlation coefficient between age and near add power was 0.816 for 2017, 0.671 for 2019 (P = 0.084, vs 2017), and 0.572 for 2020-21 (P<0.001, vs 2017). Multiple regression analysis revealed age and COVID-19 pandemic were significantly correlated with near add power. The prevalence of dryness irritation, and pain was greater in 2020-21 than in 2017 with no difference in the prevalence of eye fatigue, blurring, and photophobia. There was no difference in the prevalence of short tear break-up time and positive corneal staining among 2017, 2019 and 2020-21. CONCLUSION Estimated presbyopia developed earlier and progressed slower from 2017 to 2021, the COVID-19 pandemic. Stress and rapid digitalization related to strict infection control and quarantine might be contributing factors.
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- Kazuno Negishi
- Department of Ophthalmology, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
- * E-mail: (KN); (MA)
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
- Otake Clinic Moon View Eye Center, Kanagawa, Japan
- * E-mail: (KN); (MA)
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Sharma MK, Anand N, Roopesh BN, Sunil S. Digital resilience mediates healthy use of technology. Med Leg J 2021; 90:195-199. [PMID: 34259055 DOI: 10.1177/00258172211018337] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Excessive use of online technology brings with it the risk of problematic digital behaviour like over-use of social media, online gambling, webinar fatigue, digital burnout, and in extreme cases doom surfing, and doom scrolling. In addition, digital failures can cause significant mental health distress to people, and unhealthy interactions on social media can also lead to deviant behaviour such as cyber bullying and cybercrime. This paper discusses the various vulnerabilities an individual is predisposed to on the internet, and highlights the importance of "Digital Resilience". Digital resilience is a new concept which refers to the learning, recovery, and bouncing back process after having negative or adverse experiences online. A comprehensive and holistic model to introduce Digital Resilience to everyone through a multitier approach that includes Individual, Societal, and Community intervention is formulated and elaborated. The importance of addressing these concerns from both a psychological and legal perspective is also discussed.
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- Manoj K Sharma
- Department of Clinical Psychology, SHUT Clinic (Service for Healthy Use of Technology), National Institute of Mental Health & Neuro Sciences (NIMHANS), Bengaluru, India
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- Department of Clinical Psychology, National Institute of Mental Health & Neuro Sciences (NIMHANS), Bengaluru, India
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- Department of Clinical Psychology, National Institute of Mental Health & Neuro Sciences (NIMHANS), Bengaluru, India
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- Department of Psychology, CMR University, Bengaluru, India
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BACKGROUND The unprecedented pandemic presented new stresses and challenges in nursing education impacting the mental health of nursing students. PURPOSE The purpose of this study was to evaluate the relationship between virtual learning and the mental health of nursing students. METHOD This study used a descriptive, cross-sectional design with a convenience sample of 256 nursing students enrolled in a baccalaureate program. Data were collected through an online survey using 2 screening tools for stress, anxiety, and depression. RESULTS Mean sum Patient Health Questionnaire-4 scores and subscale scores suggest that more than 40% of students experienced mild to moderate levels of psychological distress. Mean sum Perceived Stress Scale-10 scores indicate 84% of students experienced moderate levels of stress, and 14% experienced high levels of stress. CONCLUSIONS During periods of societal crisis, faculty must be hypervigilant to the mental health needs of students.
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Please, Do Not Interrupt Me: Work–Family Balance and Segmentation Behavior as Mediators of Boundary Violations and Teleworkers’ Burnout and Flourishing. SUSTAINABILITY 2021. [DOI: 10.3390/su13137339] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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The lockdown, in the COVID-19 pandemic, is considered an external crisis that evokes innumerous changes in individuals lives. One of the changes is the work and family dynamics. Based on boundary theory we examine the mediated role of work and family balance and boundary segmentation behavior in the relationship between boundary violations and teleworkers’ stress and well-being. However, because women and men live their work and family differently, gender may condition the way teleworkers lead with boundary violations and boundary segmentation. Hypotheses were tested through moderated mediation modeling using data collected of 456 teleworkers during lockdown. In line with our expectations, teleworkers who have suffered most boundary violations were those with least boundary segmentation behaviors and with least work-family balance which, in turn was related to higher burnout and lower flourishing. Furthermore, gender was found to moderate the relationship between boundary violations from work-to-family and segmentation behavior in the same direction and this relationship was stronger for females than for males. We discuss implications for future research and for managing teleworkers, creating sustainability, both during a crise and stable days.
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Sharma MK, Sunil S, Anand N, Amudhan S, Ganjekar S. Webinar fatigue: fallout of COVID-19. J Egypt Public Health Assoc 2021; 96:9. [PMID: 33861363 PMCID: PMC8050986 DOI: 10.1186/s42506-021-00069-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/22/2021] [Accepted: 03/17/2021] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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- Manoj Kumar Sharma
- Department of Clinical Psychology, SHUT clinic (Service for Healthy Use of Technology), NIMHANS Centre for Well Being, National Institute of Mental Health & Neuro Sciences, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India.
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- Department of Psychology, CMR University, CMR Group of Institutions, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
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- Department of Clinical Psychology, National Institute of Mental Health & Neuro Sciences, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
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- Department of Epidemiology, National Institute of Mental Health & Neuro Sciences, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
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- Department of Psychiatry, National Institute of Mental Health & Neuro Sciences, Bengaluru, Karnataka, 560029, India
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