title: Hospital based Treatment for Internet Addicts.
abstract: The importance of recognizing the symptoms of Internet addiction constitutes the first step for treatment. Internet use can be pathological, and the percentage of addicted people is increasing while people become dependent on technology and Internet continues to develop. This study is a systematic litterature review. An electronic literature search was conducted using as keywords internet addiction, psychological implications, internet abuse etc. to the following databases: Medline, PubMed and Google Schoolar. The majority of research was conducted in Europe and in North America. We found 20 surveys. 9 were excluded on the basis of screening due to full text articles were not available. The final number of included surveys was 11. Hospitals and clinics have to emerge with outpatient treatment services for Internet addiction recovery, and in some cases there may be a need for addiction rehabilitation centers as admitted from people with Internet addiction into inpatient care.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Nursing, University of Athens, Greece.
authors.forename: Sophia
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Gioka
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Nursing, University of Athens, Greece.
authors.forename: Antonis
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kefaliakos
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Nursing, University of Athens, Greece.
authors.forename: Andriani
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ioannou
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Nursing, University of Athens, Greece.
authors.forename: Aggelos
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mechili
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Nursing, University of Athens, Greece.
authors.forename: Marianna
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Diomidous
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D016739:Behavior, Addictive / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D005060:Europe / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D005715:Gambling / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000628:therapy*; D006760:Hospitalization / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D020407:Internet / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009656:North America / Q000453:epidemiology; D015995:Prevalence; D012307:Risk Factors; D055815:Young Adult