Oxford Handbook of Digital Technologies and Mental Health

Digital technology use, whether on smartphones, tablets, laptops, or other devices, is prevalent across cultures. Certain types and patterns of digital technology use have been associated with mental health concerns, but these technologies also have the potential to improve mental health through the gathering of information, by targeting interventions, and through delivery of care to remote areas. The Oxford Handbook of Digital Technologies and Mental Health provides a comprehensive and authoritative review of the relationships between mental health and digital technology use, including how such technologies may be harnessed to improve mental health. Understanding the positive and negative correlates of the use of digital technologies has significant personal and public health implications, and as such this volume explores in unparalleled depth the historical and culturalcontexts in which technology use has evolved; conceptual issues surrounding digital technologies; potential positive and potential negative impacts of such use; treatment, assessment, and legal considerations around digital technologies and mental health; technology use in specific populations; the use of digitaltechnologies to treat psychosocial disorders; and the treatment of problematic internet use and gaming. With chapters contributed by leading scientists from around the world, this Handbook will be of interest to those in medical and university settings, students and clinicians, and policymakers.

Marc N. Potenza is a board-certified psychiatrist and a Professor of Psychiatry, Child Study and Neuroscience at the Yale School of Medicine where he directs multiple programs and centers focused on addictions. He has consulted to multiple agencies including the American Psychiatric Association and World Health Organization with respect to the DSM-5 and ICD-11, respectively. Dr. Potenza has published over 600 articles, chapters and books with afocus on behavioral addictions like gambling and gaming disorders. Kyle Faust is a clinical psychologist who completed his PhD at the University of Rhode Island. He has published numerous articles on the positive and negative applications of digital technology, and works to apply these methods in his clinical practice. He has also received mentorship from Dr. James Prochaska, who developed the Transtheoretical model of behavior change, and is working to apply this model to the treatment of problematic use of digital technology.David Faust is a Full Professor in the Department of Psychology, College of Health Science, and a Ryan Research Professor of Neuroscience, George and Ryan Institute for Neuroscience, at the University of Rhode Island; and holds an affiliate appointment in the Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Alpert Medical School of Brown University. Dr. Faust has published numerous works on such topics as assessment of digital technology use and overuse, psychology and law, andneuropsychology, and has received multiple awards and honors for distinguished professional contributions.