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Management of internet addiction with comorbid psychiatric conditioninromanian childrens

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 April 2020

G.E. Chele ,
C. Jijie ,
R. Chirita  and
C. Stefanescu
G.E. Chele
Affiliation:
Psychiatry, Clinical Hospital of Psychiatry Socola, Iasi, Romania Psychiatry, University of Medicine and Pharmacy GR T. Popa, Iasi, Romania
C. Jijie
Affiliation:
Psychiatry, Clinical Hospital of Psychiatry Socola, Iasi, Romania
R. Chirita
Affiliation:
Psychiatry, Clinical Hospital of Psychiatry Socola, Iasi, Romania Psychiatry, University of Medicine and Pharmacy GR T. Popa, Iasi, Romania
C. Stefanescu
Affiliation:
Psychiatry, Clinical Hospital of Psychiatry Socola, Iasi, Romania Psychiatry, University of Medicine and Pharmacy GR T. Popa, Iasi, Romania

Abstract

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This article discusses how a treatment protocol should emphasis the primary psychiatric condition if related to a subsequent impulse control problem such as pathological Internet use.

Objective

The purpose of this study is to investigate issues related to clinical analysis of patients with IAD (internet addiction disorder), we focusing on clinical, demographic features, and comorbidities.

Method

The survey included a representative sample of 543 school students of ages 11 to 18. All of the students answered to a questionnaire comprising 36 questions related to computer activities. Ten girls and 22 boys constituted the sample of Internet addicts. All participants were diagnosed based on psychiatric diagnostic interview and psychiatric scales.

Results

Clinical diagnoses included depression 25%, attention deficit and hyperactivity disorder 18,75%, social fobia 15,62%, generalized anxiety disorder 12,5%, obsessive compulsive disorder 6,25%, comportamental disorder 15,62%, 6,25% met criteria for eating disorder. Severity measures of IAD were associated with higher perception of family disability (P ≤ .001)

Conclusion

With these results, it seems reasonable to suggest that effective evaluation of, and treatment for comorbidities disorders is required for students with Internet addiction. Effective management of psychiatric symptoms may indirectly correct pathological Internet use.

Type
P01-271
Information
European Psychiatry , Volume 26 , Issue S2: Abstracts of the 19th European Congress of Psychiatry , March 2011 , pp. 272
Copyright
Copyright © European Psychiatric Association 2011
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