The Electrified Mind: Development, Psychopathology, and Treatment in the Era of Cell Phones and the Internet: Margaret S. Mahler Monisha C. Akhtar Jason Aronson, Inc.

The Electrified Mind

Development, Psychopathology, and Treatment in the Era of Cell Phones and the Internet

The Electrified Mind

Development, Psychopathology, and Treatment in the Era of Cell Phones and the Internet

Description

The Electrified Mind helps therapists understand and empathize with patients who rely heavily upon cell phones and the internet for the purposes of self-expression as well as for defensive avoidance of actual interpersonal contact. The chapters by distinguished mental health professionals delineate therapeutic strategies for dealing with the dilemmas that arise in working with children, adolescents, and adults excessively involved with cyberspace at the cost of meaningful human relationships.

Acknowledgments
Chapter 1 The Cell Phone-Internet Lexicon: Overview and Implications
Chapter 2 Minds on Media: Young People and Mental Health in the Internet Age
Chapter 3 The Epidemic of Information: Pros and Cons
Chapter 4 Cyberspace, Transitional Space and Adolescent Development
Chapter 5 Cyberplay: The Pros and Cons of a 'Macrosphere'
Chapter 6 Reality in Cyberspace: Patients' Use of the Internet and Ordinary Everyday Psychosis
Chapter 7 Preoedipal Paradise in the World of the Web
Chapter 8 The Electronic Couch: Some Observations About Skype Treatment
Chapter 9 Separation, Sex, Superego, and Skype
Chapter 10 Multiple Meanings of the 'Electrified Mind': A Concluding Commentary
References
About the Editor and Contributors

Product details

Published	Feb 24 2011
Format	Ebook (Epub & Mobi)
Edition	1st
Extent	186
ISBN	9780765708069
Imprint	Jason Aronson, Inc.
Series	Margaret S. Mahler
Publisher	Bloomsbury Publishing

Anthology Editor

Salman Akhtar

Contributor

Monisha C. Akhtar

Contributor

Jerome Blackman

Contributor

Joanne Cantor

Contributor

Frederick Fisher

Contributor

Lana Fishkin

Contributor

Ralph Fishkin

Contributor

John Frank

Contributor

Patricia L. Gibbs

Contributor

Christine C. Kieffer

Contributor

Kavita I. Nayar

Contributor

Ann G. Smolen

This timely volume addresses the impact of modern information technology on the human mind. The incessant company and/or intrusion of cell-phones, the addictive reliance on the internet, and the emergent uses of Skype are brought into consideration to unmask the positive and negative effects of communication technologies on personality development, interpersonal relations, and the conduct of psychotherapy and psychoanalysis. The Electrified Mind is on the cutting edge not only of psychodynamic thinking but, more broadly, of our rapidly changing era. This book is informative, engaging,and well worth the read for all health care professionals, parents, teens, and persons interested in the interconnection between our brains, our minds, and our contemporary world..

Mary Kay O'Neil, PhD, Canadian Psychoanalytic Association
Each day the rapid advance in electronics seems to bring with it another new technology which can capture and even monopolize the attention of our patients, our children, and ourselves. In The Electrified Mind Dr. Akhtar has assembled a fascinating collection of highly readable papers which examine the developmental, cultural, and therapeutic aspects of this ongoing transformation of the way all of us learn about and relate to each other and the world.

Paul W. Mosher, MD, Albany Medical College
This timely volume addresses the impact of modern information technology on the human mind. The incessant company and/or intrusion of cell-phones, the addictive reliance on the internet, and the emergent uses of Skype. It unmasks the positive and negative effects of communication technologies on personality development, interpersonal relations, and the conduct of psychotherapy and psychoanalysis. The Electrified Mind is on the cutting edge not only of psychodynamic thinking but, more broadly, of our rapidly changing era. This book is informative, engaging, and well worth the read for all health care professionals, parents, teens, and persons interested in the interconnection between our brains, our minds, and our contemporary world.

Mary Kay O'Neil, PhD, Canadian Psychoanalytic Association