Electronic Screen Compulsion & Addiction Professional Education

About This Course

"Assessment and Treatment of Digital Use Disorders" provides professionals with a deeper understanding of digital addictions as well as tools and resources to help those they serve.

  • Guides social workers, educators and other mental health professionals to a deeper understanding of the impact of excessive screen use

  • Safely Learn at your convenience - Online and self paced

  • Developed exclusively for professionals by Dr. Clifford Sussman, an expert on digital addictions featured in the New York Times, Time Magazine, etc.

  • This is the Basic Version of the course - no Continuing Education Credits are awarded

Learn About

In "Assessment of Treatment of Digital Use Disorders" taught by Dr. Clifford Sussman, you will ...

  • What digital screen time does to the brain in regards to mental and physical health

  • When too much screen time is an issue

  • Activities that can be done to balance screen time

  • What therapeutic tools are used to reduce screen time

  • What prevention techniques are available



Who Should Attend?

Professional Education

Social Workers, Educators, Mental Health Providers, and other Professionals.


Course Welcome & Overview

Want to learn more?  Watch the course welcome & overview to learn more about Dr. Sussman, what motivated him to develop the course, the learning objectives, and the structure of the course.




Your Instructor

Clifford Sussman, MD is internationally known as a pioneer in treating internet and video game addiction. He has been in private practice in psychiatry for children, adolescents, and young adults in Washington, DC since 2008 and is an expert consultant for the Digital Use Disorder Track at Caron Renaissance in Boca Raton, FL. He has been featured as an authority on screen use related issues throughout the media and peer reviewed literature. He has presented on the topic to audiences of all types and sizes at conferences, hospitals, schools, and other venues locally and internationally. He continues to present frequently online during the pandemic. Dr. Sussman is certified by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology. He completed an adult psychiatry residency at Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic in Pittsburgh, PA, and a child and adolescent psychiatry fellowship at Children's National Medical Center in Washington, DC. Please visit www.cliffordsussmanmd.com for more information

Clifford Sussman

MD



Course curriculum

  • 01

    Course Overview & Introduction

    • Course Overview & Introduction Video

  • 02

    Understanding Problematic Screen Use

    • Module 1 Lesson - Understanding Problematic Screen Use

  • 03

    Assessing Problematic Screen Use

    • Module 2 Lesson - Assessing Problematic Screen Use

  • 04

    Treatment Plan, Treatment Phases

    • Module 3 Lesson - Treatment Plan, Treatment Phases

  • 05

    Treatment: Motivational Interviewing, Therapeutic Tools

    • Module 4 Lesson - Motivational Interviewing, Therapeutic Tools

  • 06

    Treatment & Prevention: Parent Training & Family Treatment

    • Module 5 Lesson - Treatment & Prevention: Parent Training & Family Treatment

  • 07

    Questions & Answers

    • Module 6 - Questions & Answers

  • 08

    Course Evaluation

    • Course Evaluation

Have a Question about the Course?

Registration for this version of the course is temporarily closed. If you are interested in taking this course please email [email protected] or [email protected]. We are here to help!