[Clinical characteristics of computer game and internet addiction in persons seeking treatment in an outpatient clinic for computer game addiction].
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Since March 2008 we have offered outpatient treatment for computer game and internet addiction. This article presents the assessment and clinical characterization of the first cohort of one year.The reasons for seeking help (phone consultations, N=346) as well as sociodemographic and psychometric characteristics (N=131) (assessment of computer game addiction; SCL-90R) are presented.Consultation was initiated mainly by relatives--mostly the mothers (86%); 48% report achievement failure and social isolation, lack of control (38%) and conflicts within the family (33%). Two-thirds of the mainly male (96%) patients (N=131) with an average age of 22 (range 13-47) years met the criteria for pathological computer gaming, characterized by an excessive number of hours and preoccupation with gaming, high distress, and unemployment.Symptoms resemble those of other addiction disorders. The consequences for disorder-specific treatment concepts and research are discussed.
Adult, Male, Internet, Outpatient Clinics, Hospital, Adolescent, Personality Inventory, Psychometrics, Middle Aged, Patient Acceptance of Health Care, Behavior, Addictive, Cohort Studies, Hospitalization, Hospitals, University, Young Adult, Video Games, Unemployment, Germany, Humans, Female, Referral and Consultation
Adult, Male, Internet, Outpatient Clinics, Hospital, Adolescent, Personality Inventory, Psychometrics, Middle Aged, Patient Acceptance of Health Care, Behavior, Addictive, Cohort Studies, Hospitalization, Hospitals, University, Young Adult, Video Games, Unemployment, Germany, Humans, Female, Referral and Consultation
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