J Addict Nurs. 2016 Jan-Mar;27(1):39-46. Kilic M1, Avci D, Uzuncakmak T. Abstract The aim of this study is to examine the Internet addiction among adolescents in relation to their sociodemographic characteristics, communication skills, and perceived familial social support. This cross-sectional research is conducted in the high schools in some city centers, in Turkey, in 2013. […]
NeuroImage Volume 128, March 2016, Pages 342–352 Sofie V. Gelskova, b, , , , , Kristoffer H. Madsena, c, Thomas Z. Ramsøya, d, 1, Hartwig R. Siebnera, e, 1 doi:10.1016/j.neuroimage.2016.01.002 Open Access Highlights Pathological gamblers show U-shaped neural response to appetitive and aversive bets. This hypersensitivity is found in a cortico-striatal network, i.e. caudate and […]
Biol Psychiatry. Author manuscript; available in PMC 2014 May 1. Published in final edited form as: Biol Psychiatry. 2013 May 1; 73(9): 827–835. Published online 2013 Mar 26. doi: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2013.01.032 PMCID: PMC3658316 NIHMSID: NIHMS461257 Rajita Sinha, PhD1,2,3 and Ania M. Jastreboff, MD, PhD4,5 Author information ► Copyright and License information ► The publisher’s final edited […]
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Obes Facts. 2012;5(2):165-79. doi: 10.1159/000338310. Epub 2012 Apr 19. Albayrak O1, Wölfle SM, Hebebrand J. Abstract The relationship between overeating, substance abuse and (behavioral) addiction is controversial. Medically established forms of addiction so far pertain to substance use disorders only. But the preliminary Diagnostic and Statistical Manual for Mental Disorders V (DSM V) suggests replacing […]
Neurosci Biobehav Rev. Author manuscript; available in PMC 2014 Nov 1. Published in final edited form as: Neurosci Biobehav Rev. 2013 Nov; 37(0): 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2012.12.001. Published online 2012 Dec 10. doi: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2012.12.001 PMCID: PMC3604128 NIHMSID: NIHMS428084 Eric Stice,a Dianne P. Figlewicz,b Blake A. Gosnell,c Allen S. Levine,d and Wayne E. Pratte Author information ► Copyright and […]
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Front. Psychiatry, 25 February 2016 | http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2016.00024 Jarid Goodman and Mark G. Packard* Department of Psychology, Texas A&M Institute for Neuroscience, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA The view that anatomically distinct memory systems differentially contribute to the development of drug addiction and relapse has received extensive support. The present brief review revisits this […]
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Mar 1, 2016 By Stephanie Kossman How do drugs affect the developing teenage brain? This question has baffled scientists for decades, but one fact remains true — teens are more susceptible to addiction. Scientists have often explained it in the context of social circumstances, such as peer pressure, or the fact that parents who smoke are more […]
The following is YBOP’s response to David Ley’s Psychology Today blog post “We Must Rely on Good Science in Porn Debate (2016).” Ley’s post is his response to Philip Zimbardo’s Psychology Today blog post “Is Porn Good For Us or Bad For Us?” (2016). While Ley’s title says we must rely on “good science,” it […]
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Isr Med Assoc J. 2015 Dec;17(12):731-4. Weinstein A, Yaacov Y, Manning M, Danon P, Weizman A. Abstract BACKGROUND: Use of the internet and videogames by children and adolescents has risen dramatically over the last decade. Increasing evidence of internet and videogame addiction among children is causing concern due to its harmful physical, emotional and social […]
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