Clifford Sussman, MD

Clifford Sussman, MD has been in private practice in psychiatry for children, adolescents, and young adults in Washington, DC since 2008. He is an expert on internet and video game addiction whose work has been featured on NPR’s 1A, in the New York Times, Parents Magazine, The Washingtonian, HBO Real Sports, and TIME Magazine for Kids. He has authored peer reviewed literature on screen use disorders and, in addition to parent and student education, offers live and online clinician training on problematic screen use treatment, regularly presenting at such venues as AACAP and APA annual meetings and the Children and Screens International Congress. He is currently building a waitlist for Digimotor Game Therapy (DGT), a new treatment for screen use disorders featuring gamified fitness equipment at an occupational therapy gym in North Bethesda.