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A brief overview of internet gaming disorder and its treatment
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Griffiths, MD and Kuss, DJ and Pontes, HM, A brief overview of internet gaming disorder and its treatment, Australian Clinical Psychologist, 2, (1) pp. 1-12. ISSN 2204-4981 (2016) [Substantial Review]
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Abstract
In the latest (fifth) edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of
Mental Disorders (DSM-5; American Psychiatric Association, 2013), Internet Gaming
Disorder (IGD) was included in Section 3 (‘Emerging Measures and Models’) as a promising
area that needed future research before being formally included in the DSM. This paper
provides a brief overview of IGD and its treatment. There are now over 20 different screens
for assessing problematic gaming although very few studies have used nationally
representative samples. The prevalence rates in these studies have ranged from 1.2% to
8.5% depending upon country and screening instrument used. Although IGD is not yet an
officially recognized disorder, there have been a number of treatment studies although
many of these do not distinguish between Internet Use Disorder and IGD. In terms of
psychological treatments for IGD, cognitive-behavioural therapy appears to be the most
widely used. It is concluded that standardized and comprehensive methods of diagnosis
are at present lacking, and that further research into IGD is needed from clinical,
epidemiological, and neurobiological aspects of IGD.
Item Details
Item Type: | Substantial Review |
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Keywords: | internet gaming disorder, addiction, internet addiction |
Research Division: | Health Sciences |
Research Group: | Health services and systems |
Research Field: | Mental health services |
Objective Division: | Health |
Objective Group: | Public health (excl. specific population health) |
Objective Field: | Mental health |
UTAS Author: | Pontes, HM (Dr Halley de Oliveira Miguel Pontes) |
ID Code: | 132453 |
Year Published: | 2016 |
Deposited By: | Psychology |
Deposited On: | 2019-05-08 |
Last Modified: | 2019-06-03 |
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