TY  - JOUR
A1  - Kewitz, Sonja
A1  - Vonderlin, Eva
A1  - Wartberg, Lutz
A1  - Lindenberg, Katajun
T1  - Estimated prevalence of unreported IGD cases in routine outpatient children and adolescent psychotherapy
T2  - International journal of environmental research and public health : IJERPH
N2  - Internet Gaming Disorder (IGD) has been included in the DSM-5 as a diagnosis for further study, and Gaming Disorder as a new diagnosis in the ICD-11. Nonetheless, little is known about the clinical prevalence of IGD in children and adolescents. Additionally, it is unclear if patients with IGD are already identified in routine psychotherapy, using the ICD-10 diagnosis F 63.8 (recommended classification of IGD in ICD-10). This study investigated N = 358 children and adolescents (self and parental rating) of an outpatient psychotherapy centre in Germany using the Video Game Dependency Scale. According to self-report 4.0% of the 11- to 17-year-old patients met criteria for a tentative IGD diagnosis and 14.0% according to the parental report. Of the 5- to 10-year-old patients, 4.1% were diagnosed with tentative IGD according to parental report. Patients meeting IGD criteria were most frequently diagnosed with hyperkinetic disorders, followed by anxiety disorders, F 63.8, conduct disorders, mood disorders and obsessive-compulsive disorders (descending order) as primary clinical diagnoses. Consequently, this study indicates that a significant amount of the clinical population presents IGD. Meaning, appropriate diagnostics should be included in routine psychological diagnostics in order to avoid “hidden” cases of IGD in the future.
KW  - Internet Gaming Disorder
KW  - F 63.8
KW  - prevalence
KW  - children
KW  - adolescents
KW  - clinical diagnoses
KW  - clinical sample
KW  - comorbidities
Y1  - 2021
UR  - http://publikationen.ub.uni-frankfurt.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/61547
UR  - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-615475
SN  - 1661-7827
VL  - 18
IS  - 13, art. 6787
SP  - 1
EP  - 10
PB  - MDPI AG
CY  - Basel
ER  -