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It Was a Mistake to Let Kids Onto Social Media Sites. Here’s What to Do Now. (NYT, 2022)

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Predictors of Compulsive Sexual Behavior Among Treatment-Seeking Women (2022)

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Online Sex Addiction: A Qualitative Analysis of Symptoms in Treatment-Seeking Men (2022)

Neural and behavioral correlates of sexual stimuli anticipation point to addiction-like mechanisms in compulsive sexual behavior disorder (2022)

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