Clinical Topics & Methods Category

Treatments for Internet Addiction Sex Addiction and Compulsive Buying:

A Meta-Analysis

2.25 CE Hours
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About the Course

This is a research heavy course with technical terms and language

The article reviews the effectiveness of various treatment approaches for internet addiction, sex addiction, and compulsive buying. The meta-analysis examines 91 studies involving 3,531 participants to assess the short-term and long-term efficacy of psychological, pharmacological, and combined treatments for these behavioral addictions. The results show that all three types of treatments (psychological, pharmacological, and combined) are associated with significant improvements in reducing the global severity of these addictions. The study also finds that combined cognitive-behavioral and pharmacological interventions are generally more effective than monotherapies. The authors highlight the need for more rigorous clinical trials to further validate these findings and explore potential moderators, such as the mode of treatment delivery and cultural context, which can impact treatment outcomes.

This course is based on the reading-based online article, “Treatments for Internet Addiction, Sex Addiction and Compulsive Buying: A Meta-Analysis” created by Martina Goslar et al in 2020.

Publication Details

Publication Date: Journal of Behavioral Addictions: 9 (2020) 1, 14-43 Apr 2020

Course Material Authors

Course Material Authors authored the material only, and were not involved in creating this CE course. They are identified here for your own evaluation of the relevancy of the material this course is based on.

Martina Goslar
Martina Goslar is a researcher at the Department of Psychology, University of Duisburg-Essen. She specializes in clinical psychology with a focus on behavioral addictions, particularly internet addiction and compulsive buying. This is one of her recent works published in a peer-reviewed journal.
Astrid A. Müller
Astrid A. Müller is a senior researcher at the Department of Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, Hannover Medical School. She is a clinical psychologist and psychotherapist with extensive experience in addiction research, focusing on both behavioral and substance-related addictions. She has published multiple works in peer-reviewed journals.

Course Creator

Tiara Totten

Tiara Totten is a Licensed Clinical Addictions Specialist and Licensed Professional Counselor with more than nine years of experience working with adolescents and adults utilizing person-centered, motivational interviewing, solution-focused, and cognitive behavioral techniques to help individuals achieve optimal wellness. She has extensive experience in individual therapy, group therapy and supervision and is currently working on her PsyD in clinical psychology.

Target Audience

Counselors, addiction specialists, marriage and family therapists, psychologists and social workers. This course is appropriate for intermediate and above with statistical knowledge.

Learning Objectives

After taking this course, you should be able to:

  1. 1 Define how Comprehensive Meta-Analysis software is used to evaluate addiction treatments.
  2. 2 Compare the impact of different addiction treatments based on study results.
  3. 3 Describe how the EPHPP tool is used to rate the reliability of studies.

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The planners of this activity have reported that they have no relevant financial relationships.

Material Authors

Any relevant financial disclosures for course material authors can be found in the article.

Course Creator

Tiara Totten – None to report.

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There is no commercial support for this distance-learning course.

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Course Details

2.25 CE Hours
Reading Online
Course 103579

Availability

This course is available until Oct 15th, 2034.

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