Book description
Internet Addiction: A Handbook and Guide to Evaluation and Treatment
"This book provides cutting-edge coverage by expanding the field
to include specific problems such as online gaming, cybersex
addiction, and gambling addiction. Its extensive attention to dealing
with adolescents is essential, given the rapid rise in media and
technology use by both Net Generation young adults and iGeneration
teenagers. I am thrilled to have this invaluable, comprehensive,
well-written resource for my own work and recommend it to people who
need to understand this unique form of addiction."
-Dr.
Larry Rosen, Past Chair and Professor of Psychology at
California State University, Dominguez Hills, author of Rewired:
Understanding the iGeneration and the Way They Learn and Me,
MySpace, and I: Parenting the Net Generation
"Our clients come to us when online pornography, video gaming,
social networking, gambling, and surfing create untenable disruptions
in their lives. If we do not understand what we are seeing and how to
address it, we will not be able to provide the help they need. This
book provides the practical information clinicians can use to assess
and treat this growing problem."
-Hilarie Cash, PhD,
coauthor of Video Games and Your Kids: How Parents Stay in Control,
and cofounder of reSTART: Internet Addiction Recovery Program
"Internet Addiction: A Handbook and Guide to Evaluation and
Treatment provides an integrated and current overview of the
different types of Internet addiction-gaming addiction, gambling
addiction, and cybersex addiction. The authors deserve ample praise in
providing such a comprehensive and informative guide for Internet
addiction."
-Ran Tao, MD, Professor and Director,
and Xiuqin Huang, MD, Associate Professor, Treatment Center for
Internet Addiction, General Hospital of Beijing Military Region, China
The first empirically informed reference for defining, assessing,
diagnosing, and treating problematic Internet use Comprehensive and
timely, Internet Addiction explores:
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Validated assessment tools to differentiate normal from
compulsive patterns of computer and online usage
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The most addictive or problematic online activities
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Epidemiology and subtypes of Internet addiction such as online
pornography, Internet gambling, and online gaming
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Current theories on the risk factors associated with the
development of an addictive disorder related to Internet usage
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Evidence-based treatment strategies for helping clients of
various ages, taking into account main presenting problems and
individual situations and circumstances
International in scope and empirically based, the cultural and global
impact of this subject is discussed, introducing practitioners to the
latest clinical implications, assessment methods, and treatment
approaches in working with clients suffering from this emerging
addictive disorder.
Dr. Kimberly S. Young, PsyD, is the primary
researcher to have brought clinical attention to the issue of
problematic Internet use in 1996. She is also the author of Caught
in the Net, the first book to address Internet addiction.
Dr. Cristiano Nabuco de Abreu is the director of the
Ambulatório Integrado dos Transtornos do Impulso (Integrated Impulse
Disorders Outpatient Unit) at the University of San Paulo.
