What is important for prevention of technology addiction?

A lecture on “Technology addiction” with guest-speakers from the Yeşilay organization Turkey, which carry on its activities exactly in the field of combating various forms of addiction, took place on November 14 (Wednesday) 2018 in the capital

Melike Şimşek, Chairperson of the YEDAM Consultancy Center at the Yeşilay organization introduced the audience to the different forms of the technology and internet addiction.

“The prevention of internet addiction is of a great importance and it is particularly important for the society to be protected from the negative effects of this addiction. There are developed different strategies for this – organization of information events, educational programs, the work of the NGOs and various legislative provisions” – said Şimşek during her lecture at “Noor” club at the Muslim Denomination in “Studentski grad” in the capital.

She said that there are developed preventive strategies in Turkey appropriate for the different age groups in the society, and it is a fact that among them the most vulnerable, the risk groups are those of children and young people. With regard to the prevention of technology addiction of the children and adolescents it was said that during the infancy it is important the child to be absolutely restricted from the influence of the technologies and not to be acknowledged with them. During the early school age the access to technology of the children has to be strictly regulated by parents. According to the lecturer Melike Şimşek a little later, during the primary education of the children the access to technology and internet is free but it is very important to be careful to prevent misuse of these things. During the secondary school period it is inevitable for the young people to spend a longer period of time in front of the screen. But the role of the family is to prevent the development of addictions.

According to Melike Şimşek, who is a clinical psychologist by profession, among the used today efficient methods in treatment for addictions, are the individual consultations, medical treatment, group therapies and others. But it is very important to have these therapies along with individual approach to the person. And it is also important if he has another diseasethe two problems to be treated in parallel.

After the lecture in Sofia the guests from “Yeşilay” – Turkey Prof. Emine Ahmetoğlu and Melike Şimşek left our country, but remained available for questions and consultations through internet correspondence.

Author: L. Chauhseva