| Description |
1 online resource (220 p.) |
| Contents |
Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Contributors -- Preface -- 1 Video Games: From Harmless Pastime to Internet Gaming Disorder -- 2 Cybersex and Online Pornography: Hacking the Human Sex Drive -- 3 Internet Gambling: An Old Behavior in a New Age -- 4 Texting, Emailing, and Other Online Messaging: When Does a Communication Tool Become a Burden? -- 5 Internet Surfing and Information Overload -- 6 Social Media: The Self vs. the Selfie -- 7 Online Shopping and Auctions: The Ease and Sleaze -- 8 Children and Adolescents: Codependence Between Youth and Tech |
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9 Special Considerations for Older Adults -- 10 New and Emerging Addictive Technologies: Where Do We Go From Here? -- Index -- Back Cover |
| Summary |
Addiction to technology is emerging as a serious medical condition, not just an exaggeration of everyday social and personal ailments of the 21st century. Technological Addictions provides guidance found nowhere else, guidance that both clinicians and laypeople will find useful and compelling |
| Notes |
Description based upon print version of record |
| Subject |
Compulsive behavior.
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Internet Addiction Disorder
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Behavior, Addictive
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addiction.
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Compulsive behavior
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Sherer, James
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| ISBN |
9781615372942 |
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1615372946 |
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