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Advanced digital technology affecting the mental health of users

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The advancement of digital technology is having a major, and often detrimental impact on the mental health of internet users. That's according to Clinical Psychologist and author of "A Time to Heal," Dr Rani Samuel. Her comments follow recent reports of a teenager from the UK being gang raped in a virtual reality game. According to reports, the teenager - was using a Virtual Reality headset in an immersive game when her avatar was allegedly assaulted by other avatars representing several men. She is said to have been left distraught following the incident. Prabashini Moodley reports.....

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