Is Tech Addiction Really a Disease?

 

Ryan Drzewiecki, PsyD, LP, the new chief clinical officer at the Arizona-based treatment center Sierra Tucson, specializes in the mental health implications of obsessive use of online technology, including gaming, social media and internet addiction.  

In the following interview available on YouTube Dr. Ryan Drzewiecki discusses the difference between the subsets of tech addiction and who is most affected.  In the following interview available on YouTube Dr. Ryan Drzewiecki discusses the difference between the subsets of tech addiction and who is most  affected.  

He also discusses the danger of the anonymity of social media especially in giving the most extreme views an outlet and voice.  

https://youtu.be/TIj05doCLyo

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