Hospital based treatment for Internet addicts

Sophia Gioka; Antonis Kefaliakos; Andriani Ioannou; Aggelos Mechili; Marianna Diomidous

doi:10.3233/978-1-61499-423-7-279

Hospital based treatment for Internet addicts

Sophia Gioka, Antonis Kefaliakos, Andriani Ioannou, Aggelos Mechili, Marianna Diomidous

School of Life and Health Sciences

National and Kapodistrian University of Athens

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Abstract

The importance of recognizing the symptoms of Internet addiction constitutes the first step for treatment. Internet use can be pathological, and the percentage of addicted people is increasing while people become dependent on technology and Internet continues to develop. This study is a systematic litterature review. An electronic literature search was conducted using as keywords internet addiction, psychological implications, internet abuse etc. to the following databases: Medline, PubMed and Google Schoolar. The majority of research was conducted in Europe and in North America. We found 20 surveys. 9 were excluded on the basis of screening due to full text articles were not available. The final number of included surveys was 11. Hospitals and clinics have to emerge with outpatient treatment services for Internet addiction recovery, and in some cases there may be a need for addiction rehabilitation centers as admitted from people with Internet addiction into inpatient care.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Integrating Information Technology and Management for Quality of Care
Publisher	IOS Press
Pages	279-282
Number of pages	4
Volume	202
ISBN (Print)	9781614994220
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3233/978-1-61499-423-7-279
Publication status	Published - 2014
Event	12th International Conference on Informatics, Management, and Technology in Healthcare, ICIMTH 2014 - Athens, Greece Duration: 10 Jul 2014 → 13 Jul 2014

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Other	12th International Conference on Informatics, Management, and Technology in Healthcare, ICIMTH 2014
Country/Territory	Greece
City	Athens
Period	10/07/14 → 13/07/14

Keywords

Adolescent
Internet abuse
Internet addiction
Psychological implications

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Gioka, S, Kefaliakos, A, Ioannou, A, Mechili, A & Diomidous, M 2014, Hospital based treatment for Internet addicts. in Integrating Information Technology and Management for Quality of Care. vol. 202, IOS Press, pp. 279-282, 12th International Conference on Informatics, Management, and Technology in Healthcare, ICIMTH 2014, Athens, Greece, 10/07/14. https://doi.org/10.3233/978-1-61499-423-7-279

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