Internet addiction : neuroscientific approaches and therapeutical interventions

291 Pages·2015·3.61 MB·English

by  Montag

Studies in Neuroscience, Psychology and
Behavioral Economics
Series Editors
Christian Montag and Martin Reuter
More information about this series at http://www.springer.com/series/11218
Editors Christian Montag and Martin Reuter
Internet AddictionNeuroscientific Approaches and Therapeutical Interventions
Editors
Christian Montag
Department of Psychology, Molecular Psychology, University of Ulm, Ulm,
Germany
Martin Reuter
Department of Psychology, Personality Psychology and Biological
Psychology, Center for Economics and Neuroscience (CENs), University of
Bonn, Bonn, Germany
ISSN 2196-6605 e-ISSN 2196-6613
ISBN 978-3-319-07241-8 e-ISBN 978-3-319-07242-5
DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-07242-5
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Preface
Dear practitioners, scientists, and students, We are very happy that the book
“Internet addiction: Neuroscientific approaches and therapeutical interventions”
is finally available to you. Current developments in the DSM-V underline the
importance and the need for a scientific book on this newly emerging disorder,
as the term “Internet Gaming Disorder” now appears among the emerging
measures and models in Section III. It has been included in this section with the
aim of better understanding the nature of Internet addiction and potentially
including it as a distinct disorder in the next update of DSM.
To precisely describe and characterize Internet addiction (and the related
term “Internet Gaming Disorder”), strong research efforts have been invested
around the globe. In this book, we give you an extensive overview of Internet
addiction by leading researchers in the field. It is fantastic that such a large
number of scientists doing the most important work on Internet addiction have
agreed to write reviews on their research approach. We are very grateful for this
support.
We are sure that the present book will not only be an excellent guide to
Internet addiction for scientists and therapists working in this field, but to all
individuals interested in this new topic, or even patients affected by this
emerging disorder. Clearly, the topic of Internet addiction is of special relevance
around the globe in this increasingly connected online world.
Of note, the book is written for students, practitioners, and researchers alike,
as a wide range of different approaches to the understanding of Internet
addiction—ranging from molecular genetics to brain imaging—are represented
in this book. Each chapter gives a short introduction to these methods, as applied
to the better understanding of Internet addiction. If you require greater detail on
the neuroscientific techniques such as structural MRI or molecular genetics, we
refer you to the core text, “Neuroeconomics” of the series “Studies in
Neuroscience, Psychology and Behavioral Economics” in which this book is
also published. This core text contains an extended appendix with individual
chapters on a large number of neuroscientific methods. In addition to a very
good overview on Internet addiction and neuroscientific approaches in the
second section of this book, a large part of this book (the third section) gives
interesting and valuable insights into the treatment of Internet addiction.
Experiences from both psychopharmacology and psychological counseling are
presented. The latter is also considered from a cross-cultural perspective
presented. The latter is also considered from a cross-cultural perspective
(Germany and South Korea). Finally, insights from a governmental stance aimed
at tackling this newly emerging disorder are also given. We hope that this more
practical section will be of special help to counselors all over the world in
treating this potential new disorder.
We thank all authors for their contribution. Without their valuable time spent
on this project, this book would not have been possible. Every single contributor
is a well-known researcher/practitioner in the field of Internet addiction. We are
very happy that they have all agreed to participate and to contribute without
hesitation. Last but not least, we thank Éilish Duke for her fantastic support in
improving the language of the present book.
A last note: We are aware of the controversial discussion in scientific circles
on how to name problematic Internet use. Neither it is clear if problematic
Internet use actually reflects an addiction nor is Internet addiction an official
diagnosis in DSM-V and ICD 10. However, taking into account early studies on
this topic but also the fact that the term Internet addiction still is often used and
appears as quite “handy” in everyday communication of this topic, we decided to
use it for this book.
Let us know if something of relevance is missing from this book. This will
help us to update the book in an eventual second edition.
Best wishes
Christian Montag Martin Reuter
Contents
Part I Introduction to Internet Addiction
1 The Evolution of Internet Addiction Disorder
Kimberly Young
Part II Neuroscientific Approaches to Internet Addiction
2 Structural Brain Imaging and Internet Addiction
Fuchun Lin and Hao Lei
3 Functional Imaging of Internet Gaming Disorder
Chih-Hung Ko, Gin-Chung Liu and Ju-Yu Yen
4 Internet Addiction and PET
Hyun Soo Park and Sang Eun Kim
5 Functional Brain Changes in Response to Treatment of Internet Gaming
Disorder
Doug Hyun Han, Sun Mi Kim and Perry F. Renshaw
6 Molecular Genetics, Personality and Internet Addiction
Christian Montag and Martin Reuter
7 Autonomic Nervous System and Brain Circuitry for Internet Addiction
Andrew Chih Wei Huang
8 A Short Summary of Neuroscientific Findings on Internet Addiction
Christian Montag, Éilish Duke and Martin Reuter
Part III Therapeutical Interventions & Governmental Policies
9 The Impact of Psychoinformatics on Internet Addiction
Christian Montag, Martin Reuter and Alexander Markowetz
10 Pharmacological Treatment of Internet Addiction
Giovanni Camardese, Beniamino Leone, Coco Walstra, Luigi Janiri and
Riccardo Guglielmo
11 Therapeutic Interventions for Treatment of Adolescent Internet
Addiction—Experiences from South Korea
Eunsuk Cho
12 Therapeutic Interventions in the Treatment of Problematic Internet Use
—Experiences from Germany
Wolfgang Dau, J. D. G. Hoffmann and Markus Banger
13 The Korean National Policy for Internet Addiction
Young-Sam Koh
Appendix: Neuroanatomy
Glossary
Part I
Introduction to Internet Addiction