Mental health professionals' exposure to clients with problematic Internet experiences

Journal of Technology in Human Services

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 35-52

  Wells, Melissa ^a   Mitchell, Kimberly J ^a   Finkelhor, David ^a   Blease, Kathryn Becker ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

Author keywords

Computer addiction; Internet; Mental health; Mental health treatment; Problematic Internet experiences

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750545345     PISSN: 15228835     EISSN: 15228991     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J017v24n04_03     Document Type: Article

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