Internet addiction treatment for adolescents

Internet addiction treatment methods are a very real problem, and current methods cannot be said to be effective for everyone, but these methods of treating Internet addiction are effective for some individuals.1. Cognitive-behavioral therapy Scholars believe that cognitive-behavioral therapy is effective. Treatment strategies include cognitive restructuring regarding the most commonly used internet applications of the individual, behavioral exercises, and exposure therapy to increase offline time. Many scholars at home and abroad have proposed psychological interventions for Internet addiction based on previous experience in the treatment of impulse control disorder-type problems. The main psychological intervention methods include a series of intervention techniques proposed by Y0unq based on the ACE theoretical model. He argues that, considering the social function of the Internet, the traditional abstinence approach to Internet addiction cannot be used to intervene, and instead, treatment approaches should be proposed in several aspects: time management, cognitive restructuring, and collective help. He helps patients to establish effective coping strategies, including reverse practice, borrowing external stoppers, setting goals, abstinence, setting up reminder cards, personal inventories, establishing support groups, family therapy, and addressing real-life problems and difficulties. Cognitive-behavioral therapies are proposed based on the Cognitive Behavioral Model of Pathological Internet Use. The central factor leading to Internet addiction is poor cognition, which is a sufficient condition for Internet addiction. The treatment process is divided into 7 stages: orientation, rule making, grading, cognitive restructuring, offline socialization, integration, and notification, and lasts for 11 weeks. This therapy emphasizes clarifying the patient’s cognitive factors, exposing them to their most sensitive stimuli, challenging their maladaptive perceptions, and gradually training the correct way of thinking and acting online. Group counseling is a form of counseling that provides psychological help and guidance in a group setting. It is effective in treating adolescents with Internet addiction and is a way for those who have similar problems to discuss and train together through self-reflection and talk, so as to solve the psychological barriers shared by the members and find out the specific causes of their addiction. Through a variety of group activities. Let addicts experience the fun and importance of realistic interpersonal interactions in order to improve interpersonal relationships, increase social adaptability, and promote personality growth. In the process of counseling. Supportive therapy, cognitive therapy, relaxation training method, behavioral training, psychodrama and role play, family psychotherapy, focal solution therapy, communication analysis therapy and gr very strong psychological interventions can be used to help members gain effective control over time spent online, improve interpersonal collaboration and self-confidence, increase self-efficacy and get rid of the state of Internet addiction. 2. Some other Internet addiction treatment methods are: (1) Behavioral interventions built on Skinner’s operant conditioning learning theory, including reinforcement methods, aversion therapy and substitution methods. (2) Cognitive-behavioral therapy that focuses on identifying life events, irrational beliefs and cognitions, and developing good and correct cognitive techniques and problem solving techniques. (3) Focused short-term therapy that focuses on the “solution” rather than the problem itself and reduces the patient’s anxiety. (4) Family therapy that focuses on family interactions, interpersonal relationships, and the performance of family functions, and seeks to correct family relationships in order to improve the psychological and behavioral problems of family members. (5) We advocate individual, family, and group interventions, a combination of static and dynamic interventions, and a “five-in-one” approach of medical, psychological, educational, militarized management, and social experience.