The Oxford handbook of digital technologies and mental health / edited by Marc N. Potenza, Kyle A. Faust, and David Faust.
This book provides an academically oriented and scientifically based description of how technological advances may have contributed to a wide range of mental health outcomes, covering the spectrum from problems and maladies to improved and expanded healthcare services. Digital technologies covered i...
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| Other Authors: | , , |
| Other title: | Digital technologies and mental health. |
| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Oxford University Press,
2020.
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| Series: | Oxford handbooks online.
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| Summary: | This book provides an academically oriented and scientifically based description of how technological advances may have contributed to a wide range of mental health outcomes, covering the spectrum from problems and maladies to improved and expanded healthcare services. Digital technologies covered include internet use (including social networking, shopping, gambling, viewing of pornography, etc.), digital gaming, smartphones, mobile applications, virtual reality, and computer-based therapeutic interventions. Both the positive and negative aspects of these various types of digital technologies are discussed. |
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| Item Description: | Also issued in print: 2020. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (600 pages) |
| Audience: | Specialized. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780190218065 (ebook) |
| DOI: | 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190218058.001.0001 |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on October 1, 2020) |