Unexpected adverse childhood experiences and subsequent drug use disorder: a Swedish population study (1995–2011)

Addiction. Author manuscript; available in PMC 2015 Jul 1. Published in final edited form as: Addiction. 2014 Jul; 109(7): 1119–1127. doi:  10.1111/add.12537 PMCID: PMC4048632 NIHMSID: NIHMS575230 Giuseppe N. Giordano, PhD,1 Henrik Ohlsson, PhD,1 Kenneth S. Kendler, MD,2 Kristina Sundquist, MD, PhD,1,3 and Jan Sundquist, MD, PhD1,3 Author information ► Copyright and License information ► Abstract […]

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Early Life Stress Produces Compulsive-Like, but Not Impulsive, Behavior in Females (2015)

Behav Neurosci. 2015 Jun; 129(3): 300–308. doi:  10.1037/bne0000059 PMCID: PMC4450884   Rebecca D. Burwell, Editor Nichola M. Brydges,1,2,* Megan C. Holmes,1 Anjanette P. Harris,1 Rudolf N. Cardinal,3,4,5 and Jeremy Hall6,7 1Centre for Cardiovascular Science, The University of Edinburgh 2Neuroscience and Mental Health Research Institute, Cardiff University School of Medicine 3Behavioral and Clinical Neuroscience Institute, Department […]

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Animal Studies of Addictive Behavior (2015)

Published in Advance December 18, 2012, doi: 10.1101/cshperspect.a011932 Copyright © 2013 Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press; all rights reserved Louk J.M.J. Vanderschuren1,2 and Serge H. Ahmed3 + Author Affiliations 1Department of Animals in Science and Society, Division of Behavioural Neuroscience, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Utrecht University, 3584 CG Utrecht, The Netherlands 2Rudolf Magnus Institute of […]

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Trading Later Rewards for Current Pleasure: Pornography Consumption and Delay Discounting (2015)

Comments: This paper (abstract below) contains two longitudinal studies examining the effects of Internet porn on “delay discounting.” Delay discounting happens when people choose ten dollars right now rather than 20 dollars in a week. It’s the inability to delay immediate gratification for a more valuable reward in the future. Think of the famous Stanford […]

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(L) Multitaskers do worse on tasks that require focus (2015)

Simultaneous use of multiple media impairs attention skill, study shows By Susan Gaidos October 19, 2015 ATTENTION DEFICIT  Adolescents who routinely juggle multiple forms of technology at once may think they’re boosting their ability to focus on multiple tasks, but a new study says they’re not. CHICAGO — Teens like high-tech gadgets so much that […]

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Neural Pathways of Stress Integration: Relevance to Alcohol Abuse, James P. Herman, Ph.D.

LINK  James P. Herman, Ph.D., is a professor in the Departments of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neuroscience, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio. Stress is a critical component in the development, maintenance, and reinstatement of addictive behaviors, including alcohol use. This article reviews the current state of the literature on the brain’s stress response, focusing on the […]

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Assessment of exposure to sexually explicit materials and factors associated with exposure among preparatory school youths in Hawassa City, Southern Ethiopia: a cross-sectional institution based survey (2015)

Reprod Health. 2015 Sep 14;12:86. doi: 10.1186/s12978-015-0068-x. Habesha T1, Aderaw Z2, Lakew S3. Abstract BACKGROUND: According to the 2007 Ethiopian census, youths aged 15-24 years were more than 15.2 million which contributes to 20.6% of the whole population. These very large and productive groups of the population are exposed to various sexual and reproductive health […]

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Reframing video gaming and Internet use addiction: Empirical cross-national comparison of heavy use over time and addiction scales among young users (2015)

Addiction. 2015 Oct 9. doi: 10.1111/add.13192.  Baggio S1, Dupuis M2, Studer J3, Spilka S4, Daeppen JB2, Simon O5, Berchtold A1,6, Gmel G3,7,8,9. Abstract BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Evidence-based and reliable measures of addictive disorders are needed in general population-based assessments. One study suggested that heavy use over time (UOT) should be used instead of self-reported addiction […]

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