J Behav Addict. 2018 Feb 15:1-13. doi: 10.1556/2006.7.2018.13. Leménager T1, Hoffmann S1, Dieter J1, Reinhard I2, Mann K1, Kiefer F1. https://doi.org/10.1556/2006.7.2018.13 Abstract Background Addicted Internet users present with higher rates of comorbidities, e.g., attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), depressive, and anxiety disorders. In addition, deficits in self-concept-related characteristics were found in addicted Internet gamers and social network […]
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Lawal, Abiodun Musbau, and Erhabor Sunday Idemudia. International Journal of Adolescence and Youth (2017): 1-9. https://doi.org/10.1080/02673843.2017.1406380 Abstract The study separately examined gender and class level differences in sexual compulsivity and determined the contributions of loneliness and internet addiction in explaining sexual compulsivity among secondary school students. A convenience sample of 311 male and female secondary […]
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Dialogues Clin Neurosci. 2017 Dec; 19(4): 381–393. PMCID: PMC5789215 Daniel Schöttle, MD* Daniel Schöttle, Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany; Peer Briken, MD Peer Briken, Institute for Sex Research and Forensic Psychiatry, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany; Oliver Tüscher, MD Oliver Tüscher, Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University […]
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George, Manju, Shreemit Maheshwari, Suhas Chandran, Suman S. Rao, J. Shivanand Manohar, and TS Sathyanarayana Rao. Indian Journal of Psychiatry 60, no. 8 (2018): 510. Abstract Addiction is the term employed not only for excess consumption of substances, but also for problem behaviours like eating disorders, pathological gambling, computer addiction and pathological preoccupation with […]
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Front Psychol. 2018; 9: 144. Published online 2018 Mar 8. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2018.00144 PMCID: PMC5852108 PMID: 29568277 Cecilie S. Andreassen,1,* Ståle Pallesen,1 Mark D. Griffiths,2 Torbjørn Torsheim,1 and Rajita Sinha3 Abstract The view that problematic excessive sexual behavior (“sex addiction”) is a form of behavioral addiction has gained more credence in recent years, but there is […]
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The 2nd edition of Your Brain on Porn: Internet Pornography and the Emerging Science of Addiction is now out. It’s revised, a bit longer, and has more citations and up-to-date research. More (Audio version now available from UK too.) Visit Amazon. Wilson’s proceeds go to a registered charity endeavoring to raise awareness of internet porn’s […]
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In recent years, neuroscience discoveries about the reward system and human sexuality have shed new light on both problematic and healthy sexual behavior. As can be expected with any new paradigm, however, some doubtful neuroscience claims have also appeared in the media. As a neurosurgeon and the author of several papers on problematic sexual behavior […]
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Adicciones. 2018 Jan 1;30(1):19-32. doi: 10.20882/adicciones.806. [Article in English, Spanish; Abstract available in Spanish from the publisher] Pedrero Pérez EJ1, Ruiz Sánchez de León JM, Rojo Mota G, Llanero Luque M, Pedrero Aguilar J, Morales Alonso S, Puerta García C. Abstract Use/abuse of Information and Communications Technologies (ICT) has in recent years become a topic […]
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Sex Health. 2018 Jan 11. doi: 10.1071/SH17017. Vidaña-Pérez D, Braverman-Bronstein A, Basto-Abreu A, Barrientos-Gutierrez I, Hilscher R, Barrientos-Gutierrez T. Abstract Background: Video games are widely used by children and adolescents and have become a significant source of exposure to sexual content. Despite evidence of the important role of media in the development of sexual attitudes […]
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BMC Psychiatry. 2018 Jan 17;18(1):9. doi: 10.1186/s12888-018-1588-z. de Vries HT1, Nakamae T2, Fukui K3, Denys D4,5, Narumoto J6. Abstract BACKGROUND: Many studies reported the high prevalence of problematic internet use (PIU) among adolescents (13-50%), and PIU was associated with various psychiatric symptoms. In contrast, only a few studies investigated the prevalence among the adult population […]
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