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Problematic Use of the Internet in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

No phase Interventional Substance Use Disorders

For patients and families

In plain language

An automatic summary of structured registry data. It is an orientation aid, not a substitute for the official protocol or a physician assessment.

What is being studied
The protocol lists: screening questionnaire.
Who it may be relevant to
Registry conditions: Substance Use Disorders. Basic parameters: 8 years — 18 years · All.
What needs checking
Age, condition and sex are only basic indicators. Prior treatment, laboratory values and other mandatory requirements appear in the eligibility criteria below.
Where it takes place
Switzerland
Next step
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Overview

Pathological internet use is a blanket term for problematic behavior types (e.g. uncontrolled gaming, cyber pornography, cyber mobbing and excessive use of social media): all perpetrated through the internet. There is little documentation or research on interdependencies/interplay between problematic internet and/or media use and child-adolescent disturbances. Very few clinical examples of syndromes like attention deficiency/hyperactivity (ADHS), anxiety disorder or affective disturbances associated with pathological media/internet use, or gaming, are found in literature.

Interventions

  • Diagnostic test screening questionnaire
    Fill in screening questionnaire

Primary outcome measures

  • Symptoms severity of problematic internet and media use [Time frame: 3 months]

Eligibility criteria

Inclusion criteria

  • male and female patients ages from 8 - 18 years
  • All study participants or their legal representative have given written permission for their experiences to be documented in the study.

Exclusion criteria

  • Inability to understand explanations and the questionnaire, whether linguistic or cognitative

Criteria are shown verbatim from the registry (in English). Final eligibility is always assessed by the study center.

Healthy volunteers: Yes

Study design

Allocation
N/A
Model
Single group
Masking
Open label
Primary purpose
Diagnostic

Study locations

Switzerland · 1 center
  • Psychiatric University Clinics, Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry — Zurich

Identifiers

NCT: NCT04723498 · KJPP 2020-00117

Primary sources (government registries)

View this study on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗