Internet and Gaming Addiction
Tracking # 20-559936
Course overview
Internet and Gaming Addiction Contact Hours: 3 Instructor: Dr. Dawn-Elise Snipes PhD, LPC-MHSP, NCC, LMHC Texts: This course was based in part on Internet and Gaming Addiction: Current Perspectives by Daria Kuss, and Current Psychiatry Reviews, 2012, 8, 292-298. Internet Addiction: A Brief Summary of Research and Practice Hilarie Cash et. al. Objectives Define Internet and Gaming Addiction Explore how these behaviors can develop into addictions Identify risk factors in individuals more predisposed to becoming addicted Identify characteristics of video games and online activities that make it addictive Review the most commonly accepted goals for treatment of internet and gaming addiction Review the most common biopsychosocial interventions to address internet and gaming addiction
Subject areas
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