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Subsection 1 - American Examples of Internet Addiction Treatment

American Influence on Internet Addiction Treatment

Fall City, Washington (near Seattle) is the location of the United States' first rehabilitation clinic dedicated to Internet Addiction. The facility is called the Heavensfield Retreat Center, and it boasts a successful experimental program called 'reSTART'. Founded in 2009, reSTART address this issue by first adopting the universal title of the disorder: Internet Addiction Disorder or the acronym IAD. It is not currently included in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM), but many argue that addictions to the web and to Internet-based video games like World of Warcraft does indeed exist. The 45 day program takes a very direct approach to addressing IAD by creating opportunities to reestablish a balance within the patient's lifestyle. Their main mission is to address reasons for the patient's persistence on using the internet, despite its harmful effects.

The downsides to this treatment include its exclusivity and price. The program takes up to 6 individuals per session and costs no less than $14500 USD.

Subsection 2 - European Examples of Internet Addiction Treatment

European Influence on Internet Addiction Treatment

Europe collectively has taken aim at studying the effects of internet dependency. Since 2012, studies have taken place in Greece, Spain, The Netherlands, Iceland, Germany, Poland, and Romania. In these regions, the disorder has been split into two classifications: Dysfunctional Internet Behaviour or DIB and Internet Addictive Behaviour or IAB. DIB includes abuse of one's self through the use of the internet, ie. gambling, pornography, cyberbullying. IAB's disorder includes addiction to the separation of ones self from reality by taking pleasure in logging into a cyberspace completely separate from the physical world. The European Union‐funded research project "Research on Internet Addictive Behaviours among European adolescents" (Tsitsika, Tzavela and Mavromati 2012) aims to augment the knowledge base of the Internet addictive behaviour risk among adolescents in Europe. A total of 13,284 adolescents aged 14‐17 (a representative sample from each country) was surveyed. The findings were as follows: About Internet Addictive Behaviour (IAB): 1.2% of the total sample presents with IAB, while 12.7% are at risk of developing IAB (13.9% have Dysfunctional Internet Behaviour (DIB)). Spain, Romania, and Poland show a higher prevalence of DIB, while Germany and Iceland the lowest in the study. Boys, older adolescents and those whose parents have lower educational levels are more likely to exhibit DIB. The group with DIB has lower psychosocial well‐being. Gambling, social networking and gaming are strongly associated with DIB, while watching videos/movies was not related to DIB and doing homework/research was negatively associated with DIB, indicating that the more adolescents use the Internet for homework/research the less they show signs of DIB.

Subsection 3 - Authors and Pioneers of Treatment

Studies and Surveys - Introduction of Dr. Fischoff

Dr. Stuart Fischoff, Ph.D. - Internet Addiction: Real or Really Techno - Hysteria

Dr. Stuart Fischoff was considered one of the leading psychologists in media studies, most importantly but not limited to the studies of internet and media addiction. His periodicals on the speculation of the truths of these addictions shed light on the classifications and how to better understand the interaction between the sufferer and the cybernetic world.

From "Internet Addiction: Real or Really Techno - Hysteria": According to some recent literature on the subject, explored in excellent depth and breadth in a recent publication, The Oxford Handbook of Internet Psychology (Oxford University Press, 2007), there are a variety of ways in which the use of the Internet to the point of excess can be described: Internet addiction, Internet dependency, compulsive Internet use, pathological Internet use, problematic Internet use, and Internet Abuse (IA). Fischoff used IA as a generic term for all these behavioral variants.

Preoccupation with the Internet use Symptoms of tolerance and withdrawal, Unsuccessful attempts to cut back on use Using the Internet to alter mood Use causes disruption of productive life patterns

His basic analysis of IA provided a structure for further research into causes and symptoms in youth within the United States. Most notable publications and films include: The Plug-In Drug and The Impact of Television where parts of the publications prove that all addiction is linked to a sensationalism that can rival the euphoric expression of other established addictions.

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