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Record Nr.

UNINA9910459711403321

Titolo

Mental health in the digital age : grave dangers, great promise / / edited by Elias Aboujaoude and Vladan Starcevic

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2015

©2015

ISBN

0-19-023996-4

0-19-938019-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (305 p.)

Disciplina

616.85/84

Soggetti

Compulsive behavior

Internet addiction

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Sommario/riassunto

The Internet and related technologies have reconfigured every aspect of life, including mental health. Although the negative and positive effects of digital technology on mental health have been debated, all too often this has been done with much passion and few or no supporting data. In Mental Health in the Digital Age, Elias Aboujaoude and Vladan Starcevic have edited a book that brings together distinguished experts from around the world to review the evidence relating to this area. The first part of the book addresses threats resulting from the growing reliance on, and misuse of, digital t