Online Addiction

By Peggy J. Parks

Mental health professionals who specialize in online addiction define it as uncontrollable, compulsive, heavy use of the Internet that results in a significant negative impact on one's life. Through objective overviews, primary sources, and full-color illustrations this title examines, Is Online Addiction Real? Can People Get Addicted to Social Networking? How Serious a Problem Is Compulsive Online Gaming and Gambling? and Can Online Addiction Be Prevented and/or Treated?

• Format: Library Binding
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1601522703
• ISBN13: 9781601522702
• Release Date: August 2012
• Publisher: Referencepoint Press
• Length: 96 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.7" x 9.3"
• Age Range: 14 to 17 years
• Grade Range: Grades 9 to 12