Internet Addiction in Children and Adolescents: Risk Factors, Assessment, and Treatment
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| Rating | : | 4.87 (759 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 082613372X |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 296 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-08-04 |
| Language | : | English |
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Using a pioneering work method in Brazil and Latin America, the unit has offered therapy sessions and counseling to adults, adolescents, and their family members since 2005. She has testified for the Child Online Protection Act Congressional Commission and has been a keynote speaker at the European Union of Health and Medicine; the International Conference on Digital Culture in Seoul, Korea; the U.S. He is the former president of the Brazilian Society of Cognitive Therapies and former vice president of Latina America Society of Cognitive Therapies. Young; and Clinical Handbook for Impulse Control Disorders.. She received the Psychology in the Media Award from the Pennsylvania Psychological Association and the Alumni Ambassador Award for Outstanding Achievement from Indiana University of
As a whole, the book provides an invaluable resource for those who need to assess, treat, and prevent Internet addiction in children and adolescents.Internet Addiction in Children and Adolescents:Provides tools that help predict a child's level of risk for media-related problems.Examines how to diagnose and differentiate Internet addiction from other psychiatric conditions.Explores evidence-based treatment approaches and how to distinguish pathology from normal development.Shows how to create inpatient treatment programs and therapies to address media addiction.Highlights the psychological, social, and family conditions for those most at risk.Evaluates the effects of the excessive use of electronic games and the Internet on brain development.Explores the physical risks that result from excessive media use and strategies for combating the problem.Examines school-based initiatives that employ policies and procedures designed to increase awareness of excessive media use and help educators identify students who misuse technology, and that provide strategies of intervention and communication with parents.Identifies signs of problem Internet behavior such as aggressive behavior, lying about screen use, and a preference for screen time over social interacti
She also served on the National Academy of Sciences panel for the Digital Media and Developing Minds colloquia.Cristiano Nabuco de Abreu, PhD, is a psychologist who has a PhD in clinical psychology from the University of Minho in Portugal, with a postdoctoral fellowship in the Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, Universidade of São Paulo. She serves on the advisory board for The Internet Group in Toronto and the Japanese Ministry