Attention to technology addicts for families and adolescents has tripled in Madrid since 2018: it grows by 86% in 2023 alone. The total number of people who have attended the regional government's specialized centers for technological addictions in the last six years is already 26,737.
The Ministry of Family, Youth and Social Affairs is already studying how to launch up to two new resources focused on the treatment of these addictions. "Some loneliness problems", "depressive and anxiety symptoms" caused by the use of these new technologies are beginning to be detected.