Comments: Like studies before it, brain scans revealed addiction-like structural changes in those with Internet addiction. Abnormalities in white and gray matter are also found in those with drug addiction. FULL STUDY Background Internet addiction disorder (IAD) is currently becoming a serious mental health issue around the globe. Previous studies regarding IAD were mainly focused […]
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Comments: This study acknowledges that Internet pornography (cybersexual) is one of five categories of Internt addiction. It also states the problem is growing. ScientificWorldJournal. 2011; 11: 2187–2196. Published online 2011 November 3. doi: 10.1100/2011/308631 Hing Keung Ma Department of Education Studies, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong Academic Editor: Joav Merrick This is an open […]
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Comments: Weak cognitive function was correlated to Internet addiction Psychiatry Res. 2011 Dec 30;190(2-3):275-81. Epub 2011 Sep 6. Park MH, Park EJ, Choi J, Chai S, Lee JH, Lee C, Kim DJ. Source Department of Psychiatry, Seoul St. Mary’s Hospital, The Catholic University of Korea College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea. Abstract The potential relationship […]
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COMMENTS: Study acknowledges that Internet addiction exists and negatively correlates it to “self-clarity”. Suggests future studies examine type of Internet use, rather than amount. Israelashvili M, Kim T, Bukobza G. J Adolesc. 2011 Jul 29. Source Department of Human Development and Education, School of Education, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel. Abstract In this […]
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Comments: This study found correlation between depression, ADHD, social phobia, and Internet Addiction. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2009;163(10):937-943. Chih-Hung Ko, MD; Ju-Yu Yen, MD; Cheng-Sheng Chen, MD; Yi-Chun Yeh, MD; Cheng-Fang Yen, MD, PhD Objectives: To evaluate the predictive values of psychiatric symptoms for the occurrence of Internet addiction and to determine the sex differences […]
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COMMENTS: Greek study finding that 21% of 9th & 10th graders displayed maladaptive Interent use: “Among the study population (n = 866), the prevalence rate of maladaptive internet use (MIU) was 20.9% (n = 181).” (Among the study population, the prevalence rates of potential PIU and PIU were 19.4% and 1.5%, respectively) Note that the […]
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Rev Peru Med Exp Salud Publica. 2011 Sep;28(3):462-9. Lam-Figueroa N, Contreras-Pulache H, Mori-Quispe E, Nizama-Valladolid M, Gutiérrez C, Hinostroza-Camposano W, Torrejón Reyes E, Hinostroza-Camposano R, Coaquira-Condori E, Hinostroza-Camposano WD. Source Instituto de Investigaciones Clínicas, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Lima, Perú Abstract Objectives. To develop and validate an instrument to assess Internet Addiction (IA) […]
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November 15th, 2011 in Neuroscience Study on hamsters suggests that sex during adolescence can have lasting negative effects on the body and mood well into adulthood A new study suggests that sex during adolescence can have lasting negative effects on the body and mood well into adulthood, most likely because the activity occurs when the […]
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November 15th, 2011 in Neuroscience A new study suggests that sex during adolescence can have lasting negative effects on the body and mood well into adulthood, most likely because the activity occurs when the nervous system is still developing. While the research used laboratory animals, the findings provide information that may be applicable to understanding […]
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