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

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.

Salman Akhtar, MD, is professor of psychiatry at Jefferson Medical College and training and supervising analyst at the psychoanalytic Center of Philadelphia.