Treatment of internet addiction

Current Psychiatry Reports

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 462-470

  Huang, Xui Qin ^a   Li, Meng Chen ^a   Tao, Ran ^a  

^a CHINESE PLA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

Internet addiction; Multimodal psychotherapy; Pharmacologic treatment; Psychotherapy; Review; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ESCITALOPRAM; METHYLPHENIDATE; NALTREXONE; PLACEBO;

ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSION; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; FAMILY THERAPY; GROUP THERAPY; HUMAN; INTERNET ADDICTION; MOTIVATIONAL INTERVIEWING; PATIENT COUNSELING; PSYCHOEDUCATION; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; PSYCHOTHERAPY; REVIEW; TRANSCUTANEOUS NERVE STIMULATION;

BEHAVIOR, ADDICTIVE; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; HUMANS; INTERNET; PSYCHOTHERAPY; PSYCHOTROPIC DRUGS;

EID: 77958162670     PISSN: 15233812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11920-010-0147-1     Document Type: Review

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