Internet Addiction: Evaluation and Treatment (6 hours)

About This Course Your Course Instructor Course Formats This 6 hour course by Dr. Kimberly Young will introduce students to key concepts and issues in treating the growing problem of Internet Addiction.  Over 120 million Americans are addicted to the Internet according to recent studies, and another 12 million are estimated to go online in the next year alone. The popularity of the Internet has created a stir in the mental health community as professionals are seeing more and more cases of Internet addiction in their practice. Given the newness of the disorder, therapists often feel unprepared to properly assess and treat the problem and often don’t understand how the Internet actually works. This innovative course outlines how to diagnosis and evaluate this new kind of compulsive behavior. Goals/Objectives By taking in this Distance Learning Course the trainee will: Differentiate compulsive from normal patterns of Internet use. Understand the risk factors and consequences associa