Understanding ADHD and Why it’s Commonly Found with Internet Addiction

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Often our clients are unaware that they have ADHD and when they’re finally able to receive a diagnosis and treatment, they often see their internet or video game use subside to a more manageable level as well as see improvements in their academic or professional performance and in their relationships.

Therapist Training Series: The Social Rituals of True Digital Natives

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Part 1 of our therapist training series on true digital natives. Because therapists and all adults have a learning curve to overcome if we are to provide, at the very least, culturally competent services for young people. Ideally, we can achieve cultural humility and partner with true digital natives to understand how technology is forever changing our template for human relations.

In-Game Purchases: How Video Games Turn Players into Payers

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Video game companies use well-establish principles of behavioral psychology to work players into a highly stimulated, emotional state before hitting them up to make in-game purchases of virtual items for real money.

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dMOS ™ The Digital Media Overuse Scale