Internet is a new technology that has significant impact on the world and it certainly serves a powerful way for facilitating communication and information. At the same time, increasing problems have been reported due...Internet is a new technology that has significant impact on the world and it certainly serves a powerful way for facilitating communication and information. At the same time, increasing problems have been reported due to overuse or abusive use of the Iternet. Pathological Internet Use (PIU), which is also known as Internet Addiction, has been found to affect the mental health of many on-line users. Researches are now paying more attention to the negative impacts of Internet usage. This article reviews the definition, epidemiology, etiology, symptoms and diagnoses of PIU.展开更多
Objective： To observe the impacts of electro-acupuncture（EA） and psychological intervention（PI） on impulsive behavior among internet addiction（IA） adolescents. Methods： Thirty-two IA adolescents were allocated...Objective： To observe the impacts of electro-acupuncture（EA） and psychological intervention（PI） on impulsive behavior among internet addiction（IA） adolescents. Methods： Thirty-two IA adolescents were allocated to either EA（16 cases） or PI（16 cases） group by a randomized digital table. Subjects in the EA group received EA treatment and subjects in the PI group received cognition and behavior therapy. All adolescents underwent 45-d intervention. Sixteen healthy volunteers were recruited into a control group. Barratt Impulsiveness Scale（BIS-11） scores, Young＇s Internet Addiction Test（IAT） as well as the ratio of brain N-acetyl aspartate（NAA） to creatine（NAA/Cr） and choline（Cho） to creatine（Cho/Cr） were recorded by magnetic resonance spectroscopy before and after intervention respectively. Results： The IAT scores and BIS-11 total scores in both EA and PI group were remarkably decreased after treatment（P〈0.05）, while EA group showed more significant decrease in certain BIS-11 sub-factors（P〈0.05）. Both NAA/Cr and Cho/Cr were significantly improved in EA group after treatment（P〈0.05）; however, there were no significant changes of NAA/Cr or Cho/Cr in PI group after treatment（P〉0.05）. Conclusions： Both EA and PI had significantly positive effect on IA adolescents, especially in the aspects of psychological experiences and behavioral expressions, EA might have an advantage over PI in terms of impulsivity control and brain neuron protection. The mechanism underlying this advantage might be related to the increased NAA and Cho levels in prefrontal and anterior cingulate cortices.展开更多
文摘Internet is a new technology that has significant impact on the world and it certainly serves a powerful way for facilitating communication and information. At the same time, increasing problems have been reported due to overuse or abusive use of the Iternet. Pathological Internet Use (PIU), which is also known as Internet Addiction, has been found to affect the mental health of many on-line users. Researches are now paying more attention to the negative impacts of Internet usage. This article reviews the definition, epidemiology, etiology, symptoms and diagnoses of PIU.
基金Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.81072852,No.81574047)The Training Funds of Academic and Technical Leader in Sichuan Province+1 种基金Fok Ying-dong Education Foundation on Basic Research Project(No.131106)People-Benefiting Technology Research and Development Project of Chengdu Science and Technology Bureau(No.2014-HM01-00180-SF)
文摘Objective： To observe the impacts of electro-acupuncture（EA） and psychological intervention（PI） on impulsive behavior among internet addiction（IA） adolescents. Methods： Thirty-two IA adolescents were allocated to either EA（16 cases） or PI（16 cases） group by a randomized digital table. Subjects in the EA group received EA treatment and subjects in the PI group received cognition and behavior therapy. All adolescents underwent 45-d intervention. Sixteen healthy volunteers were recruited into a control group. Barratt Impulsiveness Scale（BIS-11） scores, Young＇s Internet Addiction Test（IAT） as well as the ratio of brain N-acetyl aspartate（NAA） to creatine（NAA/Cr） and choline（Cho） to creatine（Cho/Cr） were recorded by magnetic resonance spectroscopy before and after intervention respectively. Results： The IAT scores and BIS-11 total scores in both EA and PI group were remarkably decreased after treatment（P〈0.05）, while EA group showed more significant decrease in certain BIS-11 sub-factors（P〈0.05）. Both NAA/Cr and Cho/Cr were significantly improved in EA group after treatment（P〈0.05）; however, there were no significant changes of NAA/Cr or Cho/Cr in PI group after treatment（P〉0.05）. Conclusions： Both EA and PI had significantly positive effect on IA adolescents, especially in the aspects of psychological experiences and behavioral expressions, EA might have an advantage over PI in terms of impulsivity control and brain neuron protection. The mechanism underlying this advantage might be related to the increased NAA and Cho levels in prefrontal and anterior cingulate cortices.
