Strategies and Case Analysis of Interpersonal Issues in Group Therapy for Gaming Disorders

Abstract

With the formal inclusion of gaming disorders in the diagnosis of mental disorders, group therapy, as one of its core interventions, should focus on dealing with accompanying interpersonal issues while improving impulse control and cognitive bias in patients, which is also the core manifestation of impaired social function in patients with gaming disorders, and the key factor affecting the prognosis of treatment. Combined with the clinical characteristics of gaming disorders, this paper combs the common types of interpersonal issues in group therapy, constructs a three-stage processing strategy of "prevention intervention consolidation", combines three real cases of different ages and different types of interpersonal distress, and analyzes the practical process and adjustment points of the strategy in detail, so as to provide practical reference for clinical psychologists to carry out group therapy of gaming disorders, help patients rebuild healthy interpersonal connections and reduce the risk of reignition.