The Electrified Mind: Development, Psychopathology, and Treatment in the Era of Cell Phones and the Internet (Margaret S. Mahler)

__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. From The Publisher. 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. The Cell Phone-internet Lexicon : Overview And Implications / Salman Akhtar And Kavita I. Nayar -- Minds On Media : Implications For Young People In The Internet Age / Joanne Cantor -- The Epidemic Of Information : Pros And Cons / John L. Frank -- Cyberspace, Transitional Space And Adolescent Development / Christine C. Kieffer -- Cyberplay : The Pros And Cons Of A Macrosphere / Monisha C. Akhtar -- Reality In Cyberspace : Patients' Use Of The Internet And Ordinary Everyday Psychosis / Patricia L. Gibbs -- Preoedipal Paradise In The World Of The Web / Frederick Fisher -- The Electronic Couch : Some Observations About Skype Treatment / Ralph Fishkin And Lana Fishkin -- Separation, Sex, Superego, And Skype / Jerome S. Blackman -- The Multiple Meanings Of The Electrified Mind / Ann G. Smolen. Edited By Salman Akhtar. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. The cell phone-internet lexicon : overview and implications / Salman Akhtar and Kavita I. Nayar Minds on media : young people and mental health in the internet age / Joanne Cantor The epidemic of information : pros and cons / John Frank Cyberspace, transitional space and adolescent development / Christine C. Kieffer Cyberplay: the pros and cons of a "macrosphere" / Monisha C. Akhtar Reality in cyberspace : patients' use of the internet and ordinary everyday psychosis / Patricia L. Gibbs Preoedipal paradise in the world of the web / Frederick Fisher The electronic couch : some observations about Skype treatment / Ralph Fishkin & Lana Fishkin Separation, sex, superego, and Skype / Jerome Blackman Multiple meanings of the "electrified mind" : a concluding commentary / Ann Smolen. The Electrified Mind explores the positive and negative aspects of the internet and other communication technologies on the people who use them in order to help mental health care professionals understand, empathize with, and treat patients who rely on technology for socializing and expressing themselves.