Content and Effectiveness of Web-Based Treatments for Online Behavioral Addictions: Systematic Review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Very few people seek in-person treatment for online behavioral addictions including gaming and gambling or problems associated with shopping, pornography use, or social media use. Web-based treatments have the potential to address low rates of help seeking due to their convenience, accessibility, and capacity to address barriers to health care access (eg, shame, stigma, cost, and access to expert care). However, web-based treatments for online behavioral addictions have not been systematically evaluated.

Objective

This review aimed to systematically describe the content of web-based treatments for online behavioral addictions and describe their therapeutic effectiveness on symptom severity and consumption behavior.

Methods

A database search of MEDLINE, Emba

SUBMITTER: Park JJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9508667 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature