Technological Addictions

Petros Levounis, James Sherer
APA Publishing
224 pages
ISBN: ‎978-1615372935
July 2021

Technological Addictions is a wakeup call alerting the medical community-and society at large-to the addictive potential of technology and to technological addictions as legitimate psychiatric conditions worthy of medical assessment, diagnosis, and treatment. No other book tackles these addictions, individually and collectively. The 10 chapters address the different kinds of technological addiction, as well as how they manifest and impact particular populations. Core to this discussion is the fine line between addictive and nonpathological use. After all, technology makes modern life possible, so assessing whether patients have crossed that line is not an easy task.