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Richard James

Richard James is an Assistant Professor of Psychology at the University of Nottingham, UK. His research has focused on gambling and other behavioural addictions, particularly when mediated by technology use (e.g. smartphone addiction, mobile gambling, gambling advertising on social media).


Lucy Hitcham is an EPSRC funded PhD student at the Horizon Centre for Doctoral Training at the University of Nottingham, UK. Her PhD project is looking at the role of responsible research and innovation in digital mental health intervention development.


 


 

Critical Perspectives on Smartphone Addiction

Critical Perspectives on Smartphone Addiction

The book introduces and critically reviews conceptual and empirical issues surrounding the topic of smartphone addiction. Smartphone addiction has been proposed as a candidate psychiatric disorder characterised by disordered, problematic, uncontrolled use of one’s phone or the content on it.

Critical Perspectives on Smartphone Addiction

Critical Perspectives on Smartphone Addiction

The book introduces and critically reviews conceptual and empirical issues surrounding the topic of smartphone addiction. Smartphone addiction has been proposed as a candidate psychiatric disorder characterised by disordered, problematic, uncontrolled use of one’s phone or the content on it.