Healthy and Pathological Internet Use

October 21, 1999

BOL Editor John Suler will chair a panel discussion on "Healthy and Pathological Internet Use" the following time and place:

"Healthy and Pathological Internet Use"
Sunday, October 24, 4:00-5:00 pm Eastern US time (Universal/Greenwich Time: 21)
Behavior Online (chat login)
/chat

A panel of internet experts will discuss a series of questions about healthy and pathological internet use. After the panel discussion, the meeting will be opened up to questions and comments from the audience. The issues to be explored will include:

• Recognizing healthy versus pathological internet use
• The controversy over the topic of internet addiction
• Pathological behavior in cyberspace
• Techniques for alleviating pathological internet use
• Cultivating a healthy use of the internet

The full Invitation to the event is at /chatevents/index.html.

The panel consists of David Greenfield, Storm King, Steven Stern, Kimberly Young, and moderator John Suler.

The program for the meeting is located at http://www.rider.edu/users/suler/psycyber/bolchatpath.html

This is the fourth in BOL's series of scheduled chat events. You are invited to visit the transcripts of prior events on these topics:

"Online Romances"
"Clinical Applications of E-mail"
"The Psychology of Cyberspace"

Gilbert Levin
Editor and Publisher