Nomophobia, the fear of being out of cell-phone contact, may be becoming the new ‘normal’ (meaning commonly occurring and not necessarily healthy or desirable). An article by Carol W. Berman MD ‘One Patient’s story’ published in Scientific American MIND Dr. Carol W. Berman wrote: “For clinicians like me, the true test of whether mental illness is present is the degree to which the individual’s daily life is impaired.” The signs and symptoms seen in nomophobia cases include anxiety, respiratory alterations, trembling, perspiration, agitation, disorientation, depression, panic, fear, dependence, rejection, low self-esteem, loneliness, and tachycardia or heart palpitations..
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