Internet Addiction: Diagnosis and Treatment
Presented by Kimberly Young, PsyD

Web Conference Description

Research over the last decade has identified internet addiction as an emergent mental health concern. Most recently, the American Psychiatric Association has considered including internet addiction as a condition to be listed in the forthcoming DSM-V. This Web Conference will show mental health practitioners how to diagnosis and treat internet addiction. Assessment issues, various forms of the condition, evidenced-based therapy approaches, and future trends will be covered in this ninety-minute presentation.

This Web Conference is designed to help clinicians:

1) Identify the diagnostic criteria for internet addiction;
2) Recognize subtypes of internet addiction;
3) Describe one assessment tool for evaluating internet addiction;
4) Describe at least one technique for treating internet addiction;
5) Describe at least one future trend in the technology addiction field.

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