Treatment of Internet Addiction with Anxiety Disorders: Treatment Protocol and Preliminary Before-After Results Involving Pharmacotherapy and Modified Cognitive Behavioral Therapy

Veruska Andrea Santos   ^{1 *} , MSc ;   Rafael Freire   ^{1 *} , MD,PhD ;   Morená Zugliani   ^{1 *} , MD ;   Patricia Cirillo   ^{1 *} , MD ;   Hugo Henrique Santos   ² ;   Antonio Egidio Nardi   ^{1 *} , MD,PhD ;   Anna Lucia King   ^{1 *} , PhD

¹ Laboratory of Panic and Respiration, Institute of Psychiatry of The Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (IPUB/UFRJ), Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

² Institute of Mathematics and Statistics, Department of Statistics, Fluminense Federal University (UFF), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

*these authors contributed equally