Citation

Gowda GS, Das S, Yadawad VS, Kondapura MB, Chatterjee SS, Hiremath S, Math SB. Indian J. Soc. Psychiatry 2019; 35(4): 227-230.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2019, Indian Association for Social Psychiatry, Publisher Wolters Kluwer - Medknow)

DOI

10.4103/ijsp.ijsp_96_18

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

Gaming addiction is an emerging public health concern among adolescents from all over the world. Blue Whale Game is an allegedly reported epidemic which involve self-harm of adolescents. Although there have been reported deaths of teenagers which were allegedly related to Blue Whale challenge game across the globe, there has been no confirmed case/evidence till now. This article throws light on the proposed hypothesis and speculation behind the suicide of teenagers and discusses public health interventions at the individual, family, and state levels. © 2019 Indian Journal of Social Psychiatry | Published by Wolters Kluwer - Medknow.

Language: en

Keywords

suicide; India; Adolescents; Blue Whale Game; world