Date: 10 August 2017
Time: 8-9AM
Venue: Seminar Room T09- 04, Level 9, NUHS Tower Block
Speaker(s):
A/Prof Roger Ho, Consultant, Dept. of Psychological Medicine, NUH
Dr Tammy Tsang, Resident, Department of Psychological Medicine, NUHS
Chairperson: A/Prof Rathi Mahendren, Senior Consultant, Dept. of Psychological Medicine, NUH
Brief Abstract:
How would you feel if you have no access to internet for 1 day? With the growth of internet users worldwide, Internet Addiction (IA) has become a pandemic in the new era. IA is a form of behavioural addiction and its diagnostic criteria are similar to other forms of addiction. A/Prof Roger Ho has studied this phenomenon with other researchers from different countries in Asia. He will present his findings published in the past 4 years.