title: Treatment of internet addiction in patient with panic disorder and obsessive compulsive disorder: a case report.
abstract: Problematic Internet use is a worldwide social issue and it can be found in any age, social, educational, or economic range. In some countries like China and South Korea internet addiction (IA) is considered a public health condition and this governments support research, education and treatment. Internet addiction has been associated with others psychiatric disorders. Panic disorder (PD) and Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) are anxiety disorders that involve a lot of damages in patient's life. We report a treatment of a patient with Panic Disorder and Obsessive Compulsive Disorder and internet addition involving pharmacotherapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT). The Cognitive Behavioral Therapy was conducted 1 time per week during 10 weeks and results suggest that the treatment was an effective treatment for the anxiety and for the internet addiction.
authors.affiliation: DELETE Group, Detoxification of Technologies, Institute of Psychiatry, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Av. Venceslau Brás, 71, Botafogo, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, CEP: 22290-140, Brazil. veruskaasantos@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Veruska
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Santos
authors.forename: Antonio Egidio
authors.initials: AE
authors.lastname: Nardi
authors.forename: Anna Lucia Spear
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: King
mesh_terms: D016739:Behavior, Addictive / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy*; D002998:Clonazepam / Q000627:therapeutic use; D015928:Cognitive Behavioral Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D020407:Internet; D009771:Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy*; D016584:Panic Disorder / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy*; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; D011619:Psychotropic Drugs / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D020280:Sertraline / Q000627:therapeutic use; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: D011619:Psychotropic Drugs; D002998:Clonazepam; D020280:Sertraline