ORIGINAL ARTICLE Year : 2017 | Volume : 39 | Issue : 1 | Page : 21-27 Technology addiction among treatment seekers for psychological problems: implication for screening in mental health setting Aswathy Das1, Manoj Kumar Sharma1, P Thamilselvan1, P Marimuthu2 1 Department of Clinical Psychology, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bengaluru, […]
Neuropsychopharmacology (2008) 33, 524–535; doi:10.1038/sj.npp.1301430; published online 18 April 2007 Pietro Cottone1,2,3,4, Valentina Sabino1,2,4, Luca Steardo3 and Eric P Zorrilla1,2 1Committee on the Neurobiology of Addictive Disorders, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA, USA 2Harold L. Dorris Neurological Research Institute, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA, USA 3Department of Human Physiology and Pharmacology, University of Rome La […]
Appetite. Author manuscript; available in PMC 2007 Jan 15. Published in final edited form as: Appetite. 2006 Jan; 46(1): 11–15. Published online 2005 Sep 26. doi: 10.1016/j.appet.2004.09.002 PMCID: PMC1769467 NIHMSID: NIHMS15066 Rebecca L. Corwin Abstract Intermittent excessive behaviors (IEB) characterize a variety human disorders including binge eating, drug abuse, alcoholism, aberrant sexual conduct, and compulsive […]
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Physiol Behav. Author manuscript; available in PMC 2012 Jul 25. Published in final edited form as: Physiol Behav. 2011 Jul 25; 104(1): 87–97. Published online 2011 May 1. doi: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2011.04.041 PMCID: PMC3132131 NIHMSID: NIHMS295966 Rebecca L Cowin,1 Nicole M. Avena,2,3 and Mary M. Boggiano4 Abstract Research has focused on understanding how overeating can affect brain […]
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Jackson J. Cone, Elena H. Chartoff, David N. Potter, Stephanie R. Ebner, Mitchell F. Roitman Abstract The development of diet-induced obesity (DIO) can potently alter multiple aspects of dopamine signaling, including dopamine transporter (DAT) expression and dopamine reuptake. However, the time-course of diet-induced changes in DAT expression and function and whether such changes are dependent […]
Proceedings of the Nutrition Society Volume 71, Issue 4 November 2012, pp. 478-487 Hans-Rudolf Berthoud (a1) DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/S0029665112000602 Published online: 17 July 2012 Abstract The objective of this non-systematic review of the literature is to highlight some of the neural systems and pathways that are affected by the various intake-promoting aspects of the modern food environment […]
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Australas Psychiatry. 2017 Jan 1:1039856216684714. doi: 10.1177/1039856216684714. Abstract OBJECTIVES: Research is limited on psychiatrists’ opinions on the concepts of Internet Gaming Disorder (IGD) and Problematic Internet Use (PIU). We aimed to assess health literacy among psychiatrists on IGD/PIU. METHODS: A self-report survey was administered online to members of the Royal Australia and New Zealand College […]
January 12, 2017 Teenagers who play video games for more than four hours a day suffer from symptoms of depression, but frequent use of social media and instant messaging may mitigate symptoms of game addiction in these teens, new Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health-led research suggests. The findings, scheduled for publication in the […]
Health Psychol Open. 2016 Jan; 3(1): 2055102916636907. Published online 2016 Mar 28. doi: 10.1177/2055102916636907 PMCID: PMC5193275 David F Marks1 Abstract When eating control is overridden by hedonic reward, a condition of obesity dyshomeostasis occurs. Appetitive hedonic reward is a natural response to an obesogenic environment containing endemic stress and easily accessible and palatable high-energy foods […]
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Brain Res. Author manuscript; available in PMC 2011 Sep 2. Brain Res. 2010 Sep 2; 1350: 43–64. Published online 2010 Apr 11. doi: 10.1016/j.brainres.2010.04.003 PMCID: PMC2913163 NIHMSID: NIHMS197191 Kent C. Berridge, Chao-Yi Ho, Jocelyn M. Richard, and Alexandra G. DiFeliceantonio Abstract What we eat, when and how much, all are influenced by brain reward mechanisms […]