Internet Addiction: Diagnosis and Treatment
Presented by Kimberly Young, PsyD on 09-16-2011 at 9 a.m. Pacific to 10:30 a.m. Pacific (1:30 p.m. Eastern)
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 DSM-V.
This web conference will show mental health practitioners how to diagnosis and treat this type of 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:
- Identify the diagnostic criteria for internet addiction.
- Recognize subtypes of internet addiction.
- Describe one assessment tool for evaluating internet addiction.
- Describe at least one technique for treating internet addiction.
- Describe at least one future trend in the technology addiction field.
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Meet the Presenter
Kimberly Young, PsyD
Licensed psychologist Dr. Kimberly Young is internationally known as an expert on addiction to the Internet. She is the founder of the Center for Internet Addiction, which she started in 1995. Dr. Young has authored numerous book chapters and articles as well as four books about Internet addiction. Her books on this subject include Caught in the Net (which was the first book to address Internet addiction and has been translated into six different languages), Internet Addiction: A Handbook and Guide for Evaluation and Treatment, Tangled in the Web, and Breaking Free of the Web: Catholics and Internet Addiction.
Dr. Young's work has been featured widely in various media sources such as The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, The London Times, Newsweek, USA Today, CBS News, Time, CNN, Fox News, The Today Show, and Good Morning America. Dr. Young is also a recipient of the Psychology in the Media Award from the Pennsylvania Psychological Association, and she was awarded the Alumni Ambassador Award for Outstanding Achievement by Indiana University at Pennsylvania. Dr Young is currently a professor at St. Bonaventure University and also serves as an expert on the website Addicted.com.
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GoodTherapy.org is Approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. GoodTherapy.org maintains responsibility for this program and its content.
GoodTherapy.org has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 6380. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. GoodTherapy.org is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs.- GoodTherapy.org, LLC is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Social Work as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers #SW-0395.
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