AN APPROACH TO ADDICTION TO NEW TECHNOLOGIES: A PROPOSAL FOR PREVENTION IN THE SCHOOL ENVIRONMENT AND REHABILITATION TREATMENT

Abstract

The vertiginous progress of new information and communication technologies (ICTs) has generated, in addition to countless benefits to society, changes in our lifestyle habits that are not always easy to assimilate in a healthy way. These habits are a breeding ground in which poor and dysfunctional uses of ICT can be developed, resulting in what can be considered a behavioral addiction. The present research presents the experience of the Triora MonteAlminara Treatment Center of Malaga in developing a proposal for an integral approach to this problem. This project includes two fundamental lines of work: prevention in educational and social centers, aimed at young people, relatives and educational staff; and the treatment of people affected by this problem, with therapeutic interventions such as treatment center admission, family counseling and individual and/or group outpatient treatment, according to the particularities of each personal process.

Keywords

• Internet addiction
• Mobile addiction
• Addictions prevention
• Triora
• New technologies Addiction
• MonteAlminara.