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EPA-1413 – New Technology in Child and Adolescents Dual Pathology

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 April 2020

J.A. Vargas Castro ,
A. Rodríguez ,
T. Grau ,
G. Faus  and
M. Sánchez Povedano
J.A. Vargas Castro
Affiliation:
Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Institute de Trastorns Alimentaris-ITA, Barcelona, Spain
A. Rodríguez
Affiliation:
Child and Adolescent Psychology, Institute de Trastorns Alimentaris-ITA, Barcelona, Spain
T. Grau
Affiliation:
Research Department, Institute de Trastorns Alimentaris-ITA, Barcelona, Spain
G. Faus
Affiliation:
Psychiatry and Psychology of Child and Adolescent, Institute de Trastorns Alimentaris-ITA, Barcelona, Spain
M. Sánchez Povedano
Affiliation:
Psychiatry and Psychology of Child and Adolescent, Institute de Trastorns Alimentaris-ITA, Barcelona, Spain

Abstract

Objective

Determine if the use of new technology (The Internet-Videogames-Mobile Phones-TV) by adolescents, could share the same pattern, even adiction, as seen in eating disorders-ED, and externalizing disorders.

Introduccion and Purpose

New technology provides a better quality of life. The problem is their addictive potential for adolescents, and about all, in young people with impulse control disorders, such as eating disorders (bulimia Nervosa, obesity, binge disorder, pica, e.g) and externalizing disorders (attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, conduct disorder, oppositional defiant disorder, e.g) in the Institute of Trastorns Alimentaris-ITA, and our program ITA-Conduct.

Methods

This is a descriptive-comparative study, with diagnosis, according to our protocol(DSM-IV/CIE-10), and the application of four individual instruments: BIS.11 (Barratt-Impulsiveness-Scale),DENA(Screening Questionnaire of New-Addiction),IAT (Internet-Addiction-Test), and PVP (Problem-Video-Game-Playing). The population was divided into two groups:Eating Disorders(n=12) and Externalizing Disorders(n=14), within the ages of 12 to 17 years old, at our Argentona and Barcelona Centers, in treatment inpatient.

Results

There is not significative differences in the Impulsivity(cognitive, motor and unplanned)among ED and externalizing-disorders. The unplanned impulsivity is associated with higher scoring in trials to Internet Addiction and Video-Game-Play. The mobil-phone use is higher in ED.

Conclusions

The use and potential abuse of new technology is similar in adolescents hospitalized for Eating Disooders and pathologies related to Externalizing Disorders, providing a problematic area: channeling symptoms without a proper approach of its implications.

Type
EPW34 - Child and Adolescent Psychiatry 3
Information
European Psychiatry , Volume 29 , Issue S1: Abstracts of the 22nd European Congress of Psychiatry , 2014 , pp. 1
Copyright
Copyright © European Psychiatric Association 2014

Research with more support population is needed, which might provide guidelines in for a clinical approach.

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