Las Nuevas Adicciones - by Claudette Portelli (Paperback)

About the Book

In the name of progress, human beings end up becoming slaves to their constructs. The rapid development of technology--especially the internet and social media--has helped humans in various areas of their lives. But what happens when we need to constantly check our smartphones and depend on "likes" or when we can't survive without internet search engines, which have become "prosthetics" for our minds? In this book, Claudette Portelli and Matteo Papantuono warn that, in recent years, the abusive use of digital technologies is becoming an addiction that, at times, becomes a true pathology. This leads us to become impatient, exhibitionist, alienated, obsessive, and dependent. Through the analysis of clinical cases and a clear and detailed exposition, the authors present new addictions in order to understand them, overcome them, and regain control over them and our lives.

About the Author

Claudette Portelli, psicóloga y psicoterapeuta, es investigadora y docente en el Centro di Terapia Strategica de Arezzo. Desarrolla su actividad profesional en Ancona y en Malta, donde nació y de cuya universidad es también profesora visitante. Es coautora, junto con G. Nardone, del libro Conocer a través del cambio, también publicado en Herder Editorial.