The Neuroimaging Findings of Internet Gaming Disorder
Journal Title: International Archives of Addiction Research and Medicine - Year 2016, Vol 2, Issue 2
Abstract
Internet gaming disorder (IGD) was confirmed as a condition warranting more clinical research in the fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-V) Section III, which was a great progress for IGD studies. In China, there are about 24 million adolescents with IGD. IGD is involved in academic failure, impairment of work performance and psychological comorbidity including anger problems, depression and anxiety disorders. With the help of advanced neuroimaging technology, the neuroimaging findings of IGD revealed structural and functional changes in the brain, which was similar as other substance related and behavioral addiction. The reward, craving, decision-making and memory circuits in the brain were investigated to explain the neural mechanism of IGD. In this paper, we reviewed several neuroimaging studies in IGD, which may improve the understanding of pathophysiology in IGD.
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