App To Reveal Your Daily Smart Phone Use

Games accounted for 13 percent, with some subjects gaming for several hours a day, said the study to be published in the journal Medical Hypotheses.

“We would like to know how much cellphone use is normal, and where 'too much' starts," Montag added.

This potential new addiction is not an officially recognised disease but we know that using a cellphone can result in symptoms resembling an addiction, he pointed out.

“Outright withdrawal symptoms can actually occur when cellphones cannot be used,” he warned.

Next on the agenda is to measure the severity and the progress of depression using cellphone data.

“We suspect that during a depressive phase, cellphone use will change in a measurable way," said researchers.

Patients would then make fewer phone calls and venture outside less frequently - a change in behaviour that smartphones can also record through built-in GPS.

A psychiatrist might then be able to use patients' cell phones as a diagnostic tool and, if necessary, intervene accordingly early on, the research said. The new app is available as a free download from Google's Playstore.
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