Teen Smartphone ‘Addicts’ Also Have Other Ills By John Gever, Deputy Managing Editor, MedPage Today Published: May 22, 2013 Reviewed by Zalman S. Agus, MD; Emeritus Professor, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania Action Points Note that this study was published as an abstract and presented at a conference. These data and conclusions should be […]
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J Korean Med Sci. 2013 May;28(5):763-8. doi: 10.3346/jkms.2013.28.5.763. Epub 2013 May 2. Lee K, Lee HK, Gyeong H, Yu B, Song YM, Kim D. Source Department of Psychiatry, Gongju National Hospital, Gongju, Korea. Abstract We developed a Korean translation of the Internet Addiction Test (KIAT), widely used self-report for internet addiction and tested its reliability […]
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Prepare students to deal with porn; teach them about their brains Recent UK headline: “Teachers should give lessons in pornography and tell pupils ‘it’s not all bad’, experts say.” Education that helps kids cope with today’s Internet porn phenomenon is a great idea. But let’s not waste a brilliant educational opportunity trying to sort good […]
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Academia prepares to ‘accentuate the positive’ in new porn periodical If there were ever a human phenomenon in need of serious objective investigation, Internet porn use is surely it. Never has the youthful human brain been battered with so much erotic novelty during such a critical window of sexual development, and cracks are definitely appearing. […]
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Condom compliance may be a matter of software, not hardware Progress has stalled on teen condom use to ward off the spread of STIs. Bill Gates is convinced that better condoms will increase condom use by making sex more pleasurable. To this end, “His foundation will give a $100,000 grant to anyone with credible plans […]
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Stress Health. 2013 Apr 25. doi: 10.1002/smi.2490. Yan W, Li Y, Sui N. Source Key Laboratory of Mental Health, Institute of Psychology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China; Graduate University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China. Abstract Internet addiction (IA) is an emerging social and mental health issue among youths. Analysis of risk […]
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Porn alters sexual behavior; so do other things A new Dutch study (“Does Viewing Explain Doing? Assessing the Association Between Sexually Explicit Materials Use and Sexual Behaviors in a Large Sample of Dutch Adolescents and Young Adults“) finds porn use correlates with risky sexual behavior in 15 to 25-year olds…and that other things do as […]
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J Genet Syndr Gene Ther. 2013 February 10; 4(121): 1000121. doi: 10.4172/2157-7412.1000121 K Blum,1,3,9,* M Oscar-Berman,2 D Barh,3 J Giordano,5 and MS Gold1 Author information ► Copyright and License information ► Go to: Abstract Having entered the genomics era with confidence in the future of medicine, including psychiatry, identifying the role of DNA and polymorphic […]
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J Genet Syndr Gene Ther. 2013 February 10; 4(121): 1000121. doi: 10.4172/2157-7412.1000121 K Blum,1,3,9,* M Oscar-Berman,2 D Barh,3 J Giordano,5 and MS Gold1 Author information ► Copyright and License information ► Go to: Abstract Having entered the genomics era with confidence in the future of medicine, including psychiatry, identifying the role of DNA and polymorphic […]
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COMMENTS: Review clearly delineating OCD from behavioral addictions. Biochem Pharmacol. 2008 January 1; 75(1): 63–75. Published online 2007 July 3. doi: 10.1016/j.bcp.2007.06.043 PMCID: PMC2222549 NIHMSID: NIHMS37091 Judson A. Brewer, MD PhD and Marc N. Potenza, MD PhD Author information ► Copyright and License information ► The publisher’s final edited version of this article is available […]
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