Nurturing Young Minds

Edited by Dr Ramesh Manocha & Gyongyi Horvath
To read the full chapter go to Volume 2, chapter 7, pp. 102-118.

Authors

Dr Philip Tam

Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist in Sydney, Australia.

Dr Philip Tam is a Sydney-based child psychiatrist, lecturer and researcher with a longstanding interest in the complex domain of internet and video-gaming related disorders. Trained in Cambridge and London Universities, in 2011 he co-founded the Network for Internet Investigation and Research in Australia, to provide practical information and assistance to families struggling with problem internet use. He sits on the DSM-5 group’s International Working Group investigating ‘Internet Gaming Disorder’.

Website: www.niira.org.au

This chapter will describe practical, useful ways for a concerned family member or parent of a child with suspected internet-related problems to begin to assess the situation. It will also be of assistance to a non-specialist clinician or youth-health worker in the appraisal and formulation of a case of Problematic Internet Use (PIU) in a teenager or a child.

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Optimising the Healthy Digital Diet: A guide for parents and families www.chspandc.org.au/images/events/wellbeing/HDD_resource.pdf

Professor Kimberly Young’s website: www.netaddiction.com

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Petry N, Rehbein F, Gentile DA, Lemmens JS, Rumpf H-J, Mossle T, Bischof G, Tao R, Fung DSS, Borges G, Auriacombe M, Gonzales Ibanez A, Tam P & O’Brien C, 2013, ‘International Consensus Guidelines for assessing Internet Gaming Disorder using the new DSM-V approach’, Addiction 109(9), pp 1399–1406.

Tam P & Walter G, 2013, ‘Problematic Internet Use in Childhood and Youth: Evolution of a 21st Century Affliction’, Australasian Psychiatry 21, pp 533–536.

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