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Study identifier: NCT04723498 Synced from ClinicalTrials.gov · July 29, 2026
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Problematic Use of the Internet in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Condition: Substance Use Disorders  ·  Sponsor: Susanne Walitza

PhaseNA
Planned participants300
Who can joinAll sexes, 8 Years to 18 Years
Healthy volunteersYes

About this study

Pathological internet use is a blanket term for problematic behavior types (e.g. uncontrolled gaming, cyber pornography, cyber mobbing and excessive use of social media): all perpetrated through the internet. There is little documentation or research on interdependencies/interplay between problematic internet and/or media use and child-adolescent disturbances. Very few clinical examples of syndromes like attention deficiency/hyperactivity (ADHS), anxiety disorder or affective disturbances associated with pathological media/internet use, or gaming, are found in literature.

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Talk to the study team

Susanne Walitza, Prof. Dr. med. Dipl.-Psych.  ·  +41 43 499 26 26  ·  susanne.walitza@puk.zh.ch

Renate Drechsler, Prof. Dr. phil.  ·  +41 43 499 4050  ·  renate.drechsler@kjpd.uzh.ch

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Locations (1)

Psychiatric University Clinics, Department of Child and Adolescent PsychiatryZurich, Canton of Zurich, SwitzerlandRecruiting

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