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Book SynopsisThe 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.
Trade ReviewThis 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
Table of ContentsAcknowledgments 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
