University Ramon Llull, Spain

Addictions to new technologies

In this symposium, technological addictions will be addressed from four perspectives. The first presentation will be a reflection on whether all information and communication technologies are potentially addictive. The second one will focus on the use of Facebook and how adolescents form their identity on social networks. The third presentation describes the use of the Internet and mobiles in North American university students. The last presentation explains a treatment programme for video game addiction applied in a mental health centre for adolescents.

Xavier Carbonell. Ph.D. in Psychology. Senior Lecturer at the Ramon Llull University in the Blanquerna Faculty of Psychology, Educational and Sport Sciences. Since 1985, he has been a clinical psychologist at the Garbivent Centre that provides services to drug addicts in the city of Barcelona. Coordinator of the book Technological addictions, what are they and how to treat them with the Editorial Síntesis. He participates in research projects resulting in the publication of articles in scientific journals and book chapters.