Internet Derived Information Obstruction Treatment (IDIOT) Syndrome: A Breviloquent Review

Mohan, Karthik Rajaram and Fenn, Saramma Mathew and Thangavelu, Ravikumar Pethagounder (2022) Internet Derived Information Obstruction Treatment (IDIOT) Syndrome: A Breviloquent Review. CUREUS JOURNAL OF MEDICAL SCIENCE, 14.0 (8).

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Abstract

The rapid increase in internet use in the current digital era has caused a potential increase in anxiety, and a person either self-medicates or abruptly stops the drug for his medical illness, thereby the rise in the Internet Derived information Obstructing Treatment (IDIOT) syndrome. The Internet Derived Information Obstructing Treatment (IDIOT) syndrome occurs when patients abruptly quit their treatment because they have blindly trusted internet medical information. WHO calls this an Infodemic, which has created a complex situation in healthcare, as it has caused too much information in digital and physical environments during an outbreak of the disease and caused mistrust in health authorities. Patients get important health information online and anticipate additional assistance, Dr. C. N. Manjunath, Director, Jayadeva Hospital, says Doctors are becoming sick because of stress, and they need to take care of their health. There is an added demand to acquire communication skills rather than merely technical and professional qualities. Patients must not merely believe healthcare-related information available from online health resources and must seek the help of licensed healthcare professionals for their health concerns. There must be an increase in the awareness programs among the public to as not to fall as victims and blindly follow or abruptly stop their medical prescriptions for their medical illness from available online health resources.

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: obsessive compulsive disorders, internet, reassurance, domain, cybernorphia
Subjects: Medicine > Medicine, General & Internal
Divisions: Medicine > Vinayaka Mission's Kirupananda Variyar Medical College and Hospital, Salem > Radiology
Dentistry > Vinayaka Mission‘s Sankarachariyar Dental College, Salem > Oral Medicine
Dentistry > Vinayaka Mission‘s Sankarachariyar Dental College, Salem > Oral Medicine & Radiology
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Last Modified: 06 Feb 2026 06:50
URI: https://ir.vmrfdu.edu.in/id/eprint/5962

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