Elias Aboujaoude, MD, a Stanford University psychiatrist, earned an MD from Stanford University and a bachelor's degree from the University of California, Berkeley. He lives in San Francisco.
"Dr. Aboujaoude documents a disturbing phenomenon that few medical
professionals have written about, or understand, but most have
witnessed. This important and intelligent book shows how the
Internet has changed our lives, not all for the better.
Relationships have become virtual, rather than real, and in the
process, our personalities have been transformed to suit the new
technology. Not suggesting we reverse the clock, Dr. Aboujaoude
suggests we proceed with caution in this brave, new world, and try
to better understand the transformative power of this new
‘virtualism.’"
*Donald W. Black, MD, professor of psychiatry, University of Iowa
Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine*
"The effects of the Internet on our individual and collective
psyches are becoming clearer and more worrisome every day. Elias
Aboujaoude has written a book that not only has been needed for
several years but could become a modern classic. A must-read for
all of us who log on every day"
*Alan F. Schatzberg, MD, former president of the American
Psychiatric Association*
"Aboujaoude’s thorough review of the psychological and societal
dangers of the online world is timely and important. These dangers
are richly illustrated with clinical material and are thoughtfully
analyzed using relevant research. Anyone who goes online at home or
at work, or who has family or colleagues online, should carefully
consider the issues raised in his volume."
*Dan Stein, MD, professor and chair, Department of Psychiatry,
University of Cape Town*
"This is a timely volume on how the Internet has changed all of us
in ways that we may not be aware of or that we prefer not to think
about. It is an eye-opener and brings back a much-needed
commonsense approach to the challenges posed by modern information
and communication technology. The added value of the book is in its
reliance on observation, wisdom and clinical experience, as well as
data-driven knowledge."
*Vladan Starcevic, MD, Sydney Medical School, University of Sydney*
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