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Internet Addiction and Internet Gaming Disorder

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Several forms of excessive pathological Internet use, such as Internet addiction (IA), Internet gaming disorder (IGD), or gaming disorder (GD) are perceived as public health concerns. IGD was included in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5) as a research diagnosis and recently GD was announced for the International Classification of Disease (ICD-11). IA represents a variety of excessive and unregulated consumption of video games, social networking, chat rooms, use of online pornography, online gambling, or the aimless gathering and research of information. The outpatient treatment program Short-Term Treatment of Internet and Computer Game Addiction (STICA) aims to reduce psychosocial burden and foster abstinence of the former problematic behavioral pattern. The outpatient program consists of 15 group and up to 8 individual sessions lasting 4 months. The cognitive-behavioral psychotherapeutic rational for paradigmatic sessions, as well as the consequent phases, is delineated and working materials are described in this chapter. The therapy contract, weekly protocols, and a subjective model of IA, as well as its individual development and the development of media education, are especially highlighted. Recently, the program was proofed in a multicenter randomized controlled trial regarding its efficacy.