Curr Opin Neurobiol. Author manuscript; available in PMC Aug 1, 2014. Curr Opin Neurobiol. Aug 2013; 23(4): 639–648. Published online Feb 21, 2013. doi: 10.1016/j.conb.2013.01.002 PMCID: PMC3717294 NIHMSID: NIHMS449224 Nora D. Volkow,1 Gen-Jack Wang,2 Dardo Tomasi,2 and Ruben D. Baler1 Author information ► Copyright and License information ► The publisher’s final edited version of this […]
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There is concern in the UK over young people’s access to pornography: some want to block it, some want to see more vigilant age restrictions. Either way, the relationship that teenagers have with porn is rarely discussed with the nuance and patience it deserves. Today’s twenty-somethings are our lab rats: the first generation to go through puberty […]
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Int J Psychiatry Clin Pract. 2014 Oct 30:1-21. Yılmaz S, Hergüner S, Bilgiç A, Işık U. Abstract Abstract Objective: To assess the effects of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) symptom dimensions on Internet addiction (IA) after controlling for Internet usage features among high school students. Methods: This study consisted of 640 students (331 females, 309 males) ranging […]
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Bangalore Mirror Bureau | Oct 29, 2014, 08.53 PM IST In a weekly three-part series, Dr. Anuradha HS, child and teen consultant, discusses porn addiction in teens. In the first instalment, she highlights the neuroscience behind itThe statistics of the porn industry keep changing rapidly but according to the current data, it is judged to […]
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Therapists can be a little confusing when it comes to assessing porn’s risks. Some would have us believe that only teens with inherent vulnerabilities become addicted, even though addiction research that shows that early exposure to supernormal stimulation, alone, increases the risk of addiction. In search of another point of view, I interviewed author Gary […]
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