Young / Nabuco de Abreu Internet Addiction

A Handbook and Guide to Evaluation and Treatment
1. Auflage 2010
ISBN: 978-0-470-89224-4
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 312 Seiten, E-Book

Internet Addiction: A Handbook and Guide to Evaluation andTreatment
"This book provides cutting-edge coverage by expanding the fieldto include specific problems such as online gaming, cybersexaddiction, and gambling addiction. Its extensive attention todealing with adolescents is essential, given the rapid rise inmedia and technology use by both Net Generation young adults andiGeneration teenagers. I am thrilled to have this invaluable,comprehensive, well-written resource for my own work and recommendit to people who need to understand this unique form ofaddiction."
--Dr. Larry Rosen, Past Chair and Professor ofPsychology at California State University, Dominguez Hills, authorof Rewired: Understanding the iGeneration and the Way TheyLearn and Me, MySpace, and I: Parenting the NetGeneration
"Our clients come to us when online pornography, video gaming,social networking, gambling, and surfing create untenabledisruptions in their lives. If we do not understand what we areseeing and how to address it, we will not be able to provide thehelp they need. This book provides the practical informationclinicians can use to assess and treat this growing problem."
--Hilarie Cash, PhD, coauthor of Video Games and YourKids: How Parents Stay in Control, and cofounder of reSTART:Internet Addiction Recovery Program
"Internet Addiction: A Handbook and Guide to Evaluation andTreatment provides an integrated and current overview of thedifferent types of Internet addiction-gaming addiction, gamblingaddiction, and cybersex addiction. The authors deserve ample praisein providing such a comprehensive and informative guide forInternet addiction."
--Ran Tao, MD, Professor and Director, and XiuqinHuang, MD, Associate Professor, Treatment Center for InternetAddiction, General Hospital of Beijing Military Region, China
The first empirically informed reference for defining,assessing, diagnosing, and treating problematic Internet useComprehensive and timely, Internet Addiction explores:
* Validated assessment tools to differentiate normal fromcompulsive patterns of computer and online usage
* The most addictive or problematic online activities
* Epidemiology and subtypes of Internet addiction such as onlinepornography, Internet gambling, and online gaming
* Current theories on the risk factors associated with thedevelopment of an addictive disorder related to Internet usage
* Evidence-based treatment strategies for helping clients ofvarious ages, taking into account main presenting problems andindividual situations and circumstances
International in scope and empirically based, the cultural andglobal impact of this subject is discussed, introducingpractitioners to the latest clinical implications, assessmentmethods, and treatment approaches in working with clients sufferingfrom this emerging addictive disorder.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Young, Kimberly S.

Nabuco de Abreu, Cristiano

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Foreword vii
Acknowledgments ix
About the Editors xi
List of Contributors xiii
Introduction xv
PART I UNDERSTANDING INTERNET BEHAVIOR AND ADDICTION
Chapter 1 Prevalence Estimates and Etiologic Models of Internet Addiction 3
Kimberly S. Young, Xiao Dong Yue, and Li Ying
Chapter 2 Clinical Assessment of Internet-Addicted Clients 19
Kimberly S. Young
Chapter 3 Online Social Interaction, PsychosocialWell-Being, and Problematic Internet Use 35
Scott E. Caplan and Andrew C. High
Chapter 4 Uses and Gratifications of Internet Addiction 55
Robert LaRose
Chapter 5 Addiction to Online Role-Playing Games 73
Lukas Blinka and David Smahel
Chapter 6 Gambling Addiction on the Internet 91
Mark Griffiths
Chapter 7 Cybersex Addiction and Compulsivity 113
David L. Delmonico and Elizabeth J. Griffin
PART II PSYCHOTHERAPY, TREATMENT, AND PREVENTION
Chapter 8 The Addictive Properties of Internet Usage 135
David Greenfield
Chapter 9 Psychotherapy for Internet Addiction 155
Cristiano Nabuco de Abreu and Dora Sampaio Goes
Chapter 10 Working with Adolescents Addicted to the Internet 173
Keith W. Beard
Chapter 11 Internet Infidelity: A Real Problem 191
Monica T. Whitty
Chapter 12 Twelve-Step Recovery in Inpatient Treatment for Internet Addiction 205
Shannon Chrismore, Ed Betzelberger, Libby Bier, and Tonya Camacho
Chapter 13 Toward the Prevention of Adolescent Internet Addiction 223
Jung-Hye Kwon
Chapter 14 Systemic Dynamics with Adolescents Addicted to the Internet 245
Franz Eidenbenz
Chapter 15 Closing Thoughts and Future Implications 267
Kimberly S. Young and Cristiano Nabuco de Abreu
Author Index 275
Subject Index 281

Über Autor(innen)

Dr. Kimberly S. Young, PsyD, is the primary researcher tohave brought clinical attention to the issue of problematicInternet use in 1996. She is also the author of Caught in theNet, the first book to address Internet addiction.
Dr. Cristiano Nabuco de Abreu is the director of theAmbulatório Integrado dos Transtornos do Impulso (IntegratedImpulse Disorders Outpatient Unit) at the University of SanPaulo.