Effects of a Manualized Short-term Treatment of Internet and Computer Game Addiction
NCT ID: NCT01434589
Last Updated: 2017-10-11
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Basic Information
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COMPLETED
NA
187 participants
INTERVENTIONAL
2012-01-31
2017-08-31
Brief Summary
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Detailed Description
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Conditions
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Keywords
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Study Design
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RANDOMIZED
PARALLEL
TREATMENT
SINGLE
Study Groups
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Wait list control
No interventions assigned to this group
STICA Intervention
STICA Intervention
Manualized Short-term Treatment for Internet and Computer game Addiction (STICA) based on cognitive behavior-therapy (combining individual and group therapy)
Interventions
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STICA Intervention
Manualized Short-term Treatment for Internet and Computer game Addiction (STICA) based on cognitive behavior-therapy (combining individual and group therapy)
Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria
* internet or computer game addiction according to the AICA-Checklist(Assessment of Internet and Computer game addiction, expert Rating)
* a score \>/= 7 in the AICA-S (Assessment of Internet and Computer game addiction, Self Rating)
* patients with primary diagnoses of internet or computer game addiction
* if currently on psychotropic medications, no change in medications and dosages in the past 2 months and during STICA treatment
* if currently off all psychotropic medications, patient has been off at least 4 weeks
* at least 4 weeks off from last psychotherapy and no other ongoing psychotherapy
Exclusion Criteria
* severe major depression (BDI-II Score \>/= 29)
* current alcohol or drug addictions
* personality disorders: borderline, antisocial, schizoid and schizotypal
* lifetime diagnoses of schizophrenia, schizoaffective, bipolar or organic mental disorder
* current unstable medical illness
17 Years
55 Years
MALE
No
Sponsors
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Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz
OTHER
Responsible Party
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M.E. Beutel
Univ.-Prof. Dr.med. Dipl.-Psych. M.E. Beutel
Principal Investigators
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M. E. Beutel, Prof. Dr.
Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
University Medical Center Mainz, Department of Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy
Locations
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Anton Proksch Insitut, Therapy Centre for the Treatment of Addictions
Vienna, , Austria
University Medical Center Mainz, Department of Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, Outpatient clinic for behavioral addictions
Mainz, , Germany
Central Insitute for Mental Health
Mannheim, , Germany
University Medical Center Tübingen
Tübingen, , Germany
Countries
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References
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Wolfling K, Muller KW, Beutel M. [Reliability and validity of the Scale for the Assessment of Pathological Computer-Gaming (CSV-S)]. Psychother Psychosom Med Psychol. 2011 May;61(5):216-24. doi: 10.1055/s-0030-1263145. Epub 2010 Sep 27. German.
Wolfling K, Muller KW, Dreier M, Ruckes C, Deuster O, Batra A, Mann K, Musalek M, Schuster A, Lemenager T, Hanke S, Beutel ME. Efficacy of Short-term Treatment of Internet and Computer Game Addiction: A Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Psychiatry. 2019 Oct 1;76(10):1018-1025. doi: 10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2019.1676.
Jager S, Muller KW, Ruckes C, Wittig T, Batra A, Musalek M, Mann K, Wolfling K, Beutel ME. Effects of a manualized short-term treatment of internet and computer game addiction (STICA): study protocol for a randomized controlled trial. Trials. 2012 Apr 27;13:43. doi: 10.1186/1745-6215-13-43.
Other Identifiers
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BE 2248/10-1
Identifier Type: -
Identifier Source: org_study_id