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Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine ›› 2017, Vol. 37 ›› Issue (01): 43-48.

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Effect of electro-acupuncture combined with psychological intervention on mental symptoms and P50 of auditory evoked potential in patients with internet addiction disorder

Li Hui, Jin Rongjiang, Yuan Kezhu, Zheng Bo, Zheng Zhong, Luo Ying, Ye Hua, Huang Bingjie, Zhu Tianmin   

  1. School of Medicine, Chengdu University;College of Health and Rehabilitation, Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine;West China School of Medicine, Sichuan University;Mental Health Center, West China Hospital of Sichuan University;Rehabilitation Center of Sichuan Limbs Disability;
  • Accepted:2017-02-15 Online:2017-02-15 Published:2022-04-04
  • Supported by:
    National Natural Science Foundation of China:Research of Central Mechanism on Electro Acupuncture in Desalinating Internet Addiction of Patients with Pathological Internet Use based on Mirror Neuron System(No.81574047), Research of Central Responsive Mechanism on Electro Acupuncture in the Adjustment of Internet Addiction Impulse Control Disorder(No.81072852), Fund of the Fok Ying Tung Education Foundation:Research of Central Integration Mechanism on Electro Acupuncture in the Adjustment of Prefrontal Cortex-Buckle Impulse Control Loops related to Internet Addiction(No.131106), The Training Funds of Academic and Technical Leader in Sichuan Province:Research on the Central Mechanism of Electro-Acupuncture Rehabilitation Treatment for Internet Addiction Based on Brain Working Memory Network;Applied Basic Research Projects of Sichuan Provincial Science and Technology Department:Research of Central Integration Mechanism on the Effect of Electro Acupuncture on Brain Working Memory of Internet Addiction Disorder Patients(No.2013JY0162), Sichuan Provincial Health Department Project:Research on Brain Working Ability and the Characteristics of Electroencephalograph Entropy in IAD Patients(No.110083), People-Benefiting Technology Research and Development Project of Chengdu Science and Technology Bureau:Research on Electro Acupuncture in 5-HT and 5-HTT Gene as Well as its Expression Control of Pathological Internet Use Patients(No.2014-HM01-00180-SF), The Colleges and UniversitiesApplication Achievement-transformation Project Plan in Chengdu Municipal Science and Technology Bureau:Research of Central Responsive Mechanism and the Effect of Electro Acupuncture on Working Memory Of IAD Patients(No.12DXYB148JH-002)

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Abstract: OBJECTIVE: To observe the therapeutic effects of electro-acupuncture(EA) combined with psychological intervention on the symptom of somzatization or obsession and mental symptom of depression or anxiety and P50 of Auditory Evoked Potential(AEP) on internet addiction disorder(IAD).METHODS: One hundred and twenty cases of IAD were randomly divided into an EA group, a psycho-intervention(PI) group and a comprehensive therapy(EA plus PI) group. Patients in the EA group were treated with EA. Patients in the PI group were treated with cognition and behavior therapy. Patients in the EA plus PI group were treated with electro-acupuncture plus psychological intervention. Scores of IAD, scores of the symptom checklist90(SCL-90), latency and amplitude of P50 of AEP were measured before and after treatment.RESULTS: The scores of IAD after treatment significantly decreased in all groups(P < 0.05), and thescores of IAD in the EA plus PI group were significantly lower than those in the other two groups(P < 0.05). The scores of SCL-90 assembled and each factor after treatment in the EA plus PI group significantly decreased(P < 0.05). After treatment in the EA plus PI group, the amplitude distance of S1P50 and S2P50(S1-S2) significantly increased(P < 0.05).CONCLUSION: EA combined with PI could relieve the mental symptoms of IAD patients, and the mechanism is possibly related to the increase of cerebrum sense perception gating function.

Key words: Internet addiction disorder, Electroacupuncture, Psychological intervention, Obsessive behavior, Evoked potentials

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Li Hui, Jin Rongjiang, Yuan Kezhu, Zheng Bo, Zheng Zhong, Luo Ying, Ye Hua, Huang Bingjie, Zhu Tianmin. Effect of electro-acupuncture combined with psychological intervention on mental symptoms and P50 of auditory evoked potential in patients with internet addiction disorder[J]. Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine, 2017, 37(01): 43-48.