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Journal of Psychology and Cognition | Volume 4
May 13-14, 2019 | Prague, Czech Republic
Addiction Research and Therapy
2nd International Conference on
J Psychol Cognition, Volume 4
New age Addictions: A menace in progress
Vijay Bhasker Reddy Yetapu
VChangeU, India
We are living in an information age and technology
is invading our lives at every turn. From mobile
telecommunications to digital television to the futuristic
computer-controlled homes, we deal with new technology
every day in our work places and our homes. Yes, smart
phones have made our lives easy in doing things at the tap
of fingers, but they also made our lives busy in wasting time
and disturbing sleep patterns. Today we have smartphones,
smart TV, smart homes, smart cars, smart cities, smart
gadgets but at the end of the day we are becoming dumb.
Technology should be used to the extent that we should
become smarter to do multitasking and never become dumb
humans. New age addictions come with new age problems
and behaviours; human race has never seen such impact
before. Mobile phone has become an external organ in our
lives and connectivity to internet as a blood stream. The
biggest worry is people as young as 5 years are addicted to
mobile devices to stream videos, playing games and they are
unaware of radiation impact. As tobacco and alcohol industry
is leveraging the freedom of social media to influence the
youth, pornography is emerging as another threat in creating
havoc among young minds. Youth getting access to porn
videos are getting addicted to it, which will have serious
impact on their behaviours as they grow up. At the dawn of
the next century wemust ensure that health issues pertaining
to new age addictions emerge and remain as a major area
of national and international concern and action. We at
VChangeU help young people by educating them what tech
addictions really are, how constant use of mobile phone and
social media can lead to addiction that can wreak havoc with
health and well-being of entire family.
Speaker Biography
Vijay Bhasker Reddy Yetapu is founder and president of a true non-profit
organisation VChangeU. His area of expertise is to promote longevity of
life through innovative and creative approaches. His research addresses
motivational processes involved in healthy living across the life span.
Having over 20 years of critical thinking experience in a consulting,
management, corporate role in IT and over 10 years in non-profit
leadership. Delivered over 2000 sessions on Healthy Living in schools,
colleges, universities, industries, companies and conferences. He has
received several national and international scholarships for his work on
health which includes 2 times scholarship awardee for 15th and 16th
“World Conference on Tobacco or Health”, “International Conference
on Public Health Priorities in the 21st Century: The Endgame for
Tobacco!”. His paper “A good sleep makes you younger by the day” was
selected to present in 3rd International Sleep and Breathing Conference
held at Barcelona, Spain.
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