Narrative Therapy for Treating Video Game Addiction

International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 701-707

  Graham, Joseph ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Narrative therapy; Video game addiction; Video game culture

Indexed keywords

EID: 84912522467     PISSN: 15571874     EISSN: 15571882     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11469-014-9491-4     Document Type: Article

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