Internet Addiction: Neuroscientific Approaches and Therapeutical Implications Including Smartphone Addiction

392 Pages·2017·6.76 MB·English

by  Christian Montag

Studies in Neuroscience, Psychology and
Behavioral Economics
Christian Montag
Martin Reuter Editors
Internet
Addiction
Neuroscientific Approaches and
Therapeutical Implications Including
Smartphone Addiction
Second Edition
Studies in Neuroscience, Psychology
and Behavioral Economics
Series editors
Martin Reuter, Bonn, Germany
Christian Montag, Ulm, Germany
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Neuroscienti c Approaches and Therapeutical
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Editors
Christian Montag Martin Reuter
Institute of Psychology andEducation RheinischeFriedrich-Wilhelms-Universität
Molecular Psychology Bonn
Ulm University Bonn
Ulm Germany
Germany
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Key Laboratoryfor NeuroInformation,
Schoolof LifeScienceandTechnology,
Centerfor Information inMedicine
University of Electronic Science
andTechnologyof China
Chengdu
China
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Studies in Neuroscience,Psychology andBehavioralEconomics
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Preface
Dear practitioners, scientists, and students,
Research in the area of Internet addiction continues to develop so rapidly that
followingthelaunchofthefirsteditionofthisbookin2015weimmediatelybegan
work on a second edition. This resolution emerged as we became aware of new
models to explain Internet addiction (see chapter by Matthias Brand), further
advances—and accompanying methodological problems—when conducting MRI
studiestobetterunderstandInternetaddiction(seechapterbyHalleyPontes,Daria
Kuss and Mark Griffiths), as well as the publication of several twin studies sug-
gesting partial evidence for a genetic component in explaining individual differ-
encesinInternetaddiction(seenewchapterbyElisabethHahnandFrankSpinath).
We also include a chapter on the neuroscientific basis of online pornography
addiction, a specific form of Internet addiction (see chapter by Rudolf Stark and
Tim Klucken). Additional insights from practitioners treating Internet addiction on
adailybasisarealsoincludedinthisedition(seechapterbyBertteWildtandKlaus
Wölfling).
Aside from these new developments, all of which are covered in this second
edition of the book, a sibling of Internet addiction has appeared on the horizon in
recent years and has started to dramatically change everyday life: addiction to the
smartphone. This little technological device is a game changer in how we com-
municate in everyday life, work and navigate unknown territory. Despite the
manifold positives of smart use of the smartphone (also covered in this edition),
moreandmoreresearchershavebecomeawareofproblemsarisingfromexcessive
smartphone use, potentially resulting in loss of productivity and a loss offocus on
how to lead happy and fulfilling lives. As a consequence we further enhanced this
edition of the book with the inclusion of a fourth section dealing with smartphone
addiction. Here we try to cover early insights into this phenomenon, dealing with
psychodiagnosticsofsmartphoneaddiction(seechapterbyLinetal.),mechanisms
leading to overuse of the smartphone (see chapter by Éilish Duke and Christian
Montag), some initial therapeutic interventions and finally, the first neuroscientific
evidence showing that smartphone usage could indeed change our brain (in this
case, motor areas; see chapter by Arko Ghosh). Thesedevelopments led us toalso
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rethink the title of the book: Internet Addiction: Neuroscientific Approaches and
Therapeutical Interventions Including Smartphone Addiction.
Wethankallnewcontributors(aswellastheexistentauthors)fortheirexcellent
chapters. Finally, special thanks again go to Éilish Duke. She not only did a
fantastic job in helping to make the chapters more readable, but also contributed
another chapter in the smartphone section.
Dear reader,
Thank you for your interest and please let us know if something of relevance is
missing.
Best wishes
Ulm, Germany Christian Montag
Bonn, Germany Martin Reuter
Contents
Part I Introduction to Internet Addiction
1 The Evolution of Internet Addiction Disorder. .... .... ..... .... 3
Kimberly Young
2 Theoretical Models of the Development and Maintenance
of Internet Addiction.... ..... .... .... .... .... .... ..... .... 19
Matthias Brand
Part II Neuroscientific Approaches to Internet Addiction
3 Structural Brain Imaging and Internet Addiction . .... ..... .... 37
Fuchun Lin and Hao Lei
4 Functional Imaging Study of Internet Gaming Disorder ..... .... 59
Chih-Hung Ko and Ju-Yu Yen
5 Internet Addiction and PET... .... .... .... .... .... ..... .... 81
Hyun Soo Park and Sang Eun Kim
6 Functional Brain Changes in Response to Treatment
of Internet Gaming Disorder .. .... .... .... .... .... ..... .... 93
Doug Hyun Han, Sun Mi Kim and Perry F. Renshaw
7 Neuroscientific Approaches to (Online) Pornography Addiction ..... 109
Rudolf Stark and Tim Klucken
8 Quantitative Behavior Genetics of Internet Addiction .. ..... .... 125
Elisabeth Hahn and Frank M. Spinath
9 Molecular Genetics, Personality, and Internet Addiction
Revisited.. .... .... .... ..... .... .... .... .... .... ..... .... 141
Christian Montag and Martin Reuter
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10 Autonomic Nervous System and Brain Circuitry for Internet
Addiction. .... .... .... ..... .... .... .... .... .... ..... .... 161
Andrew Chih Wei Huang
11 Psychometric Assessment of Internet Gaming Disorder
in Neuroimaging Studies: A Systematic Review ... .... ..... .... 181
Halley M. Pontes, Daria J. Kuss and Mark D. Griffiths
12 A Short Summary of Neuroscientific Findings on Internet
Addiction. .... .... .... ..... .... .... .... .... .... ..... .... 209
Christian Montag, Éilish Duke and Martin Reuter
Part III Therapeutical Interventions in Internet Addiction
and Governmental Policies
13 The Impact of Psychoinformatics on Internet Addiction
Including New Evidence. ..... .... .... .... .... .... ..... .... 221
Christian Montag, Martin Reuter and Alexander Markowetz
14 Pharmacological Treatment of Internet Addiction . .... ..... .... 231
Giovanni Camardese, Beniamino Leone, Coco Walstra, Luigi Janiri
and Riccardo Guglielmo
15 Therapeutic Interventions for Treatment of Adolescent
Internet Addiction—Experiences from South Korea ... ..... .... 247
Eunsuk Cho
16 Therapeutic Interventions for Treatment of Adolescent
Internet Addiction—Experiences from Germany .. .... ..... .... 263
Wolfgang Dau, J.D.G. Hoffmann and Markus Banger
17 Psychotherapeutic Approaches to the Treatment
of Internet Addicts: Scientific Evidence and Clinical
Experience in Germany . ..... .... .... .... .... .... ..... .... 301
Bert te Wildt and Klaus Wölfling
18 Opinion: Real-Time fMRI Neurofeedback and the Application
of the Neuropeptide Oxytocin as Promising New Treatment
Approaches in Internet Addiction? . .... .... .... .... ..... .... 311
Benjamin Becker and Christian Montag
19 The Korean National Policy for Internet Addiction .... ..... .... 323
Young-Sam Koh
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Part IV Smartphone Addiction as a Distinct New Emerging
Disorder?
20 Psychopathology of Everyday Life in the 21st Century:
Smartphone Addiction .. ..... .... .... .... .... .... ..... .... 339
Yu-Hsuan Lin, Sheng-Hsuan Lin, Cheryl C.H. Yang
and Terry B.J. Kuo
21 Smartphone Addiction and Beyond: Initial Insights on an
Emerging Research Topic and Its Relationship to Internet
Addiction. .... .... .... ..... .... .... .... .... .... ..... .... 359
Éilish Duke and Christian Montag
22 Linking Elementary Properties of the Human Brain
to the Behaviour Captured on Touchscreen Smartphones.... .... 373
Arko Ghosh
Appendix: Neuroanatomy.... ..... .... .... .... .... .... ..... .... 383
Glossary.. .... .... .... .... ..... .... .... .... .... .... ..... .... 391