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A Psychoanalytic Approach to Internet Gaming Disorder
Background: Internet Gaming Disorder (IGD) is now an official diagnosis and significant public health challenges have been already identified regarding the provision of appropriate care to patients of all ages and the preparedness of mental health professionals to manage the disorder. Despite the ex...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10418485/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37569082 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20156542 |
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description | Background: Internet Gaming Disorder (IGD) is now an official diagnosis and significant public health challenges have been already identified regarding the provision of appropriate care to patients of all ages and the preparedness of mental health professionals to manage the disorder. Despite the existence of psychotherapeutic treatment modalities available for some time now, there is a paucity of any psychoanalytically driven treatments and the disorder is widely regarded and classified as being ‘behavioral’. This has profound implications for patients with long-standing character pathology and psychiatric comorbidities, who are underserved by the provision of health services that could efficiently address their issues. Methods: This study presents a psychoanalytic perspective on IGD, based on Kohut’s Self Psychology as applied in the treatment of other addictions. An outline of the theory, assessment and treatment modalities is presented with two case reports that illustrate its application. Results: The presentation outlines the challenges in treating IGD, expanding on the concept of guided imagery, resistance to treatment, selfobject transference and comorbidity with marijuana use and bipolar disorder. Conclusions: A psychoanalytically driven protocol can be effective in treating IGD, especially in cases with marked character pathology and low motive to engage in other treatment modalities. |
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spelling | pubmed-104184852023-08-12 A Psychoanalytic Approach to Internet Gaming Disorder Floros, Georgios Mylona, Ioanna Int J Environ Res Public Health Article Background: Internet Gaming Disorder (IGD) is now an official diagnosis and significant public health challenges have been already identified regarding the provision of appropriate care to patients of all ages and the preparedness of mental health professionals to manage the disorder. Despite the existence of psychotherapeutic treatment modalities available for some time now, there is a paucity of any psychoanalytically driven treatments and the disorder is widely regarded and classified as being ‘behavioral’. This has profound implications for patients with long-standing character pathology and psychiatric comorbidities, who are underserved by the provision of health services that could efficiently address their issues. Methods: This study presents a psychoanalytic perspective on IGD, based on Kohut’s Self Psychology as applied in the treatment of other addictions. An outline of the theory, assessment and treatment modalities is presented with two case reports that illustrate its application. Results: The presentation outlines the challenges in treating IGD, expanding on the concept of guided imagery, resistance to treatment, selfobject transference and comorbidity with marijuana use and bipolar disorder. Conclusions: A psychoanalytically driven protocol can be effective in treating IGD, especially in cases with marked character pathology and low motive to engage in other treatment modalities. MDPI 2023-08-07 /pmc/articles/PMC10418485/ /pubmed/37569082 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20156542 Text en © 2023 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Floros, Georgios Mylona, Ioanna A Psychoanalytic Approach to Internet Gaming Disorder |
title | A Psychoanalytic Approach to Internet Gaming Disorder |
title_full | A Psychoanalytic Approach to Internet Gaming Disorder |
title_fullStr | A Psychoanalytic Approach to Internet Gaming Disorder |
title_full_unstemmed | A Psychoanalytic Approach to Internet Gaming Disorder |
title_short | A Psychoanalytic Approach to Internet Gaming Disorder |
title_sort | psychoanalytic approach to internet gaming disorder |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10418485/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37569082 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20156542 |
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