JMIR Ment Health. 2017 Apr 3;4(2):e11. doi: 10.2196/mental.5537. Karacic S1, Oreskovic S1. Abstract BACKGROUND: Adolescents increasingly use the Internet for communication, education, entertainment, and other purposes in varying degrees. Given their vulnerable age, they may be prone to Internet addiction. OBJECTIVE: Our aim was to identify possible differences in the purpose of Internet use among […]
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Pan Afr Med J. 2016; 25: 261. Published online 2016 Dec 30. doi: 10.11604/pamj.2016.25.261.2630 PMCID: PMC5337276 Oyedunni Sola Arulogun,1,& Ifeyinwa Arinze Ogbu,1,2 and Isaac Oluwafemi Dipeolu1 Abstract Introduction The proportion of young people exposed to pornographic materials through the internet in Nigeria is increasing. However, the influence of the exposure on their sexual behaviour has […]
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Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine Volume 37, Issue 1, 15 February 2017, Pages 43–48 Li Huia, Jin Rongjiangb, Yuan Kezhub, Zheng Boc, Zheng Zhongd, Luo Yinge, Ye Huab, Huang Bingjieb, Zhu Tianminb, , http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0254-6272(17)30025-0 Abstract OBJECTIVE To observe the therapeutic effects of electro-acupuncture (EA) combined with psychological intervention on the symptom of somzatization or obsession […]
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UPDATE: June 11, 2015: A peer-reviewed critique of Prause & Pfaus 2015, by Richard A. Isenberg MD UPDATE: June, 2015: A critique of the Prause & Pfaus response to Richard Isenberg’s letter UPDATE: August 5, 2016: Peer-reviewed paper by US Navy doctors – Is Internet Pornography Causing Sexual Dysfunctions? A Review with Clinical Reports (2016) […]
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Many adolescents watch hard-core pornography online long before having their first sexual experiences. This changes how they deal with their own sexuality. Here’s Daniel’s story. MUNICH — Fear is Daniel’s constant companion. The fear of relapse, of falling back into his old addictive habits is not unjustified because it would be all too easy. His […]
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By MATT RICHTEL MARCH 13, 2017 Alexandra Elliott, a high school senior, says she is a heavy phone user and that using it for social media “really feels good.” CreditJason Henry for The New York Times Amid an opioid epidemic, the rise of deadly synthetic drugs and the widening legalization of marijuana, a curious bright spot has […]
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Front Behav Neurosci. 2017; 11: 19. Published online 2017 Feb 14. doi: 10.3389/fnbeh.2017.00019 PMCID: PMC5306218 Jean-Pascal Morin,1,2 Luis F. Rodríguez-Durán,1,3 Kioko Guzmán-Ramos,1 Claudia Perez-Cruz,4 Guillaume Ferreira,5,6 Sofia Diaz-Cintra,7 and Gustavo Pacheco-López1,8,* Author information ► Article notes ► Copyright and License information ► Go to: Abstract Neural plasticity is an intrinsic and essential characteristic of the […]
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Psychiatry Res. Author manuscript; available in PMC 2017 Feb 28. Published in final edited form as: Psychiatry Res. 2016 Dec 30; 246: 230–235. Published online 2016 Sep 26. doi: 10.1016/j.psychres.2016.09.044 PMCID: PMC5330407 EMSID: EMS71673 EW Leppink,(1) SR Chamberlain,(2) SA Redden,(1) and JE Grant(1)* Abstract Objective A notable number of young adults struggle to control impulsive […]
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Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol. 2011 Jun; 300(6): R1266–R1277. Published online 2011 Mar 16. doi: 10.1152/ajpregu.00028.2011 PMCID: PMC3119156 Hans-Rudolf Berthoud, Natalie R. Lenard, and Andrew C. Shin Abstract Given the unabated obesity problem, there is increasing appreciation of expressions like “my eyes are bigger than my stomach,” and recent studies in rodents and […]
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Nutrients. 2014 Oct; 6(10): 4338–4353. Published online 2014 Oct 16. doi: 10.3390/nu6104338 PMCID: PMC4210920 Caroline Davis1,* and Natalie J. Loxton2 Abstract While food addiction has no formally-recognized definition, it is typically operationalized according to the diagnostic principles established by the Yale Food Addiction Scale—an inventory based on the symptom criteria for substance dependence in the […]
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