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|Videos|November 8, 2021
Technological Addictions: The New Frontier in Addiction Psychiatry
Author(s)Petros Levounis, MD, MA
Addiction to technology: what concerns should you have as a clinician?
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Petros Levounis, MD, MA, discusses the wake-up call the medical community needs concerning technological addictions, the subject of his new book:
Do you have patients who are addicted to technology? Tell us more at
Dr Levounis is professor and chair of the Department of Psychiatry at Rutgers New Jersey Medical School; chief of service at University Hospital in Newark, New Jersey; and the author of 13+ books.
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