Experts recommend regular breaks from screens to reduce impact on mental health

Average surface usage of much than six hours a time is considered excessive and tin pb to stress, anxiety, slumber disruption, and reduced societal interaction, experts said astatine a webinar organised by The Hindu connected Saturday (April 25, 2026).

At the webinar titled ‘Impact of Screen Time connected the Mental Health of Adults and Children’, Maria Antony, advisor psychiatrist astatine Sri Mamallan Hospital, Kancheepuram, and Ashwini Tadpatrikar, adjunct prof of science astatine Vidyashilp University, Bengaluru, discussed the intelligence and behavioural effects of excessive integer exposure.