Study on the treatment of children dependent on network game of psychological intervention combined with drug

Abstract

Objective To study the curative effect of psychological intervention combined with drug treatment of children addicted to the network game. Methods One hundred and twelve children addicted to the network game were selected, who were admitted to the outpatient department of the Second Affiliated Hospital of Xinxiang Medical University from Feb.2009 to Oct.2013 were selected, according to the admission time sequence, they were randomly divided into drug treatment group, psychological intervention group(as control group) and psychological intervention combined with drug therapy group(test group). Each of the control groups had 38 cases of patients, while treatment group had 36 cases.Drug treatment group was treated with oral Fluoxetine Hydrochloride Capsules 10 mg, 1 time/d; the psychological intervention group was given the general psychological conversation, until discharged from the hospital; the test group adopted the cognitive restructuring, imagine the debate, self suggestion, remind yourself of cognitive therapy and behavior contract, behavior reinforcement, behavior extinction, aversive stimulus, self-regulation of behavior therapy combined with drug therapy.Respectively, before treatment, 2 weeks, 4 weeks and 8 weeks after the end of the treatment, Chinese Internet Addiction Scale, Coping Style Questionnaire (CSQ) and symptom checklist 90 (SCL-90) of each factor were evaluated. Results By the end of the 2 weeks and 8 weeks after the treatment, CIAS scores in the treatment group were significantly lower than that in drug therapy and psychological intervention group, the differences were statistically significant (t=2.49, 2.03, all P 0.05). Comparison of the SCL-90 score between the test group and the 2 control groups, the differences were statistically significant (t=5.05, 4.31, all P 0.05). Conclusions Psycholoical intervention therapy including cognitive therapy, behavior therapy combined with drug treatment have good effect on children's addiction to Web games. Key words: Network game on; Psychological intervention; Drug treatment; Child