PLoS One. 2014 May 1;9(5):e96337. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0096337. Palm S, Nylander I. Author information Abstract Adolescence is associated with high impulsivity and risk taking, making adolescent individuals more inclined to use drugs. Early drug use is correlated to increased risk for substance use disorders later in life but the neurobiological basis is unclear. The brain undergoes […]
Pauline Anderson – May 05, 2014 NEW YORK ― Mounting research points to the potentially devastating effects of Internet addiction, especially in adolescents. A new literature review of 13 published articles showed that people with Internet addiction disorder (IAD), especially those addicted to Internet gaming, tend to have certain brain abnormalities. The results were presented here at […]
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Journal of Drug and Alcohol Research vol. 2 (2013), Article ID 235651, 11 pages Full-Text PDF doi:10.4303/jdar/235651 Eric J. Nestler Fishberg Department of Neuroscience and Friedman Brain Institute, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, One Gustave L. Levy Place, Box 1065, New York, NY 10029, USA Received 2 November 2012; Revised 10 November 2012; Accepted 20 […]
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Journal of Drug and Alcohol Research vol. 2 (2013), Article ID 235651, 11 pages Full-Text PDF doi:10.4303/jdar/235651 Eric J. Nestler Fishberg Department of Neuroscience and Friedman Brain Institute, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, One Gustave L. Levy Place, Box 1065, New York, NY 10029, USA Received 2 November 2012; Revised 10 November 2012; Accepted 20 […]
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J Neurosci. 2010 May 5;30(18):6180-7. doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.5758-09.2010. Chase HW1, Clark L. Author information 1School of Psychology, University of Nottingham, Nottingham NG7 2RD, United Kingdom. Abstract Gambling is a common recreational activity that becomes dysfunctional in a subset of individuals, with DSM ‘pathological gambling’ regarded as the most severe form. During gambling, players experience a range […]
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Front Behav Neurosci. 2014 Mar 25;8:83. doi: 10.3389/fnbeh.2014.00083. eCollection 2014. Li Y1, Sescousse G2, Dreher JC1. Author information Abstract Pathological gambling is a behavioral addiction characterized by a chronic failure to resist the urge to gamble. It shares many similarities with drug addiction. Glucocorticoid hormones including cortisol are thought to play a key role in […]
Curr Neurol Neurosci Rep. 2013 Oct;13(10):386. doi: 10.1007/s11910-013-0386-8. Probst CC1, van Eimeren T. Author information Abstract Impulsive-compulsive disorders such as pathological gambling, hypersexuality, compulsive eating, and shopping are side effects of the dopaminergic therapy for Parkinson’s disease. With a lower prevalence, these disorders also appear in the general population. Research in the last few years […]
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J Behav Addict. 2014 Apr 1;3(1):33-40. Sussman S, Arpawong TE, Sun P, Tsai J, Rohrbach LA, Spruijt-Metz D. Author information Abstract BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Recent work has studied multiple addictions using a matrix measure, which taps multiple addictions through single responses for each type. METHODS: The present study investigated use of a matrix measure approach […]
Eval Health Prof. 2011 Mar;34(1):3-56. doi: 10.1177/0163278710380124. Epub 2010 Sep 27. Sussman S1, Lisha N, Griffiths M. Author information Abstract An increasing number of research studies over the last three decades suggest that a wide range of substance and process addictions may serve similar functions. The current article considers 11 such potential addictions (tobacco, alcohol, […]
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I provide 2 updated “Reality Checks” before we get to the 2014 critique. Reality check#1: Neurological & epidemiological studies that refute nearly every claim in Ley et al., 2014: Porn/sex addiction? This page lists over 50 neuroscience-based studies (MRI, fMRI, EEG, neuropsychological, hormonal). They provide strong support for the addiction model as their findings mirror […]
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