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SynthesisCurrent psychiatry reports2016

eHealth Intervention for Problematic Internet Use (PIU).

Lawrence T Lam, Mary K Lam

Abstract readSystematic Review
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Synthesis in Current psychiatry reports, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

16 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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  11. Digital Intervention for Problematic Smartphone Use.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021
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  14. Manifesto for a European research network into Problematic Usage of the Internet.European neuropsychopharmacology : the journal of the European College of Neuropsychopharmacology · 2018
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Lawrence T LamFaculty of Health, University of Technology Sydney, 235 Jones Street, Ultimo, Sydney, NSW, 2007, Australia. Lawrence.Lam@uts.edu.au.
Mary K LamFaculty of Health, University of Technology Sydney, 235 Jones Street, Ultimo, Sydney, NSW, 2007, Australia.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Excessive use of the Internet is considered a problematic behaviour by clinicians and researchers. Cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT) has been advocated for a long time as a treatment approach and has been extended to include family therapy in the recent years. As eTherapy (eHealth) has become an important component in the treatment of many mental health problems, it is prudent to explore the current status of the eHealth approach as an intervention option for this problem. This systematic review aims to examine the current development of online intervention programmes for this particular condition. The PRISMA guidelines for systematic reviews and meta-analysis were employed to conduct the search for literature following a systematic and structured approach. Of the 182 articles screened, three satisfied the selection criteria. Information was extracted and analysed systematically for each study and tabulated. All these studies were pilot studies with small sample sizes. Two of these articles aimed to explore the therapeutic efficacy of newly developed online intervention programmes for Internet addiction (IA) and online gaming addiction. The third article described the design and development of an App for smartphone addiction. The results obtained from this review have provided insight into the on-going development of eHealth interventions as well as the health informatics approaches in offering a possible and practical solution to tackle this growing problem.

Indexed as

InternetMobile ApplicationsBehavior, AddictiveCognitive Behavioral TherapyHumansMedical InformaticsMotivational InterviewingPsychotherapyTelemedicineVirtual Reality Exposure TherapyeHealthInternet addictionInterventionProblematic internet useSystematic review

Identifiers

PMID27766532

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