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Phone Addiction Is Real -- And So Are Its Mental Health Risks
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Alice G. Walton , Contributor I cover health, medicine, psychology and neuroscience. Opinions expressed by Forbes Contributors are their own. A lot of us must be wondering if we're hooked on our tech: Searches for “phone addiction” have risen steadily ...
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