Neuroimaging Correlates of Internet Gaming Disorder: Can We Achieve the Promise of Translating Understandings of Brain Functioning into Clinical Advances?

Overview

Journal Can J Addict

Date 2024 Feb 19

PMID 38371925

Authors

Gemma Mestre-Bach

Marc N Potenza

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Abstract

Objectives: Here we aimed to consider the neural factors associated with internet gaming disorder (IGD), as well as the associations between these factors and existing treatments for the disorder.

Methods: A narrative review was conducted.

Results: Pharmacological as well as psychological treatments for IGD may be associated with specific changes in multiple brain areas and circuits. In particular, fronto-striatal and subcortical regions and pathways appear relevant to IGD and its treatment.

Conclusions: Neuroimaging holds promise for identifying specific mechanisms underlying IGD interventions. However, to date, firm conclusions are difficult to draw and more research examining neural mechanisms of empirically supported treatments for IGD is needed.

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