The capacity of a teen to wire up new sexual associations mushrooms around 11-12 for girls, 12-13 for boys, when billions of new neural connections (synapses) create endless possibilities. However, by adulthood his brain must prune his neural circuitry to leave him with a manageable assortment of choices. By his twenties, he may not exactly […]
THE FULL STUDY Eric W. Owens, Richard J. Behun, Jill C. Manning, Rory C. Reid Sexual Addiction & Compulsivity Vol. 19, Iss. 1-2, 2012 Version of record first published: 09 Apr 2012 Abstract The recent proliferation of Internet-enabled technology has significantly changed the way adolescents encounter and consume sexually explicit material. Once confined to a […]
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J Adolesc Health. 2012 Aug;51(2):101-5. Giedd JN. Source Brain Imaging Section, Child Psychiatry Branch, National Institute of Mental Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA. Abstract Remarkable advances in technologies that enable the distribution and use of information encoded as digital sequences of 1s or 0s have dramatically changed our way of life. Adolescents, old enough to […]
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Aust N Z J Psychiatry. 2012 Oct 9. Park S, Hong KE, Park EJ, Ha KS, Yoo HJ. Source 1Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea. Abstract Objective: This study used a sample of Korean adolescents to evaluate: (a) associations between problematic […]
J Spec Pediatr Nurs. 2012 Oct;17(4):288-300. doi: 10.1111/j.1744-6155.2012.00344.x. Jang MH, Ji ES. Source College of Nursing, University of Illinois, Chicago, Illinois, USA. Abstract PURPOSE: The purpose was to examine gender differences between parental problem drinking (PPD) and early adolescents’ Internet addiction (IA). DESIGN AND METHODS: This was a cross-sectional, correlational design with 519 (266 […]
J Neurophysiol. 2012 Sep;108(6):1620-30. Epub 2012 Jun 20. McCutcheon JE, Conrad KL, Carr SB, Ford KA, McGehee DS, Marinelli M. Source Dept. of Psychology, Univ. of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL 60607. [email protected]. Abstract Adolescence may be a period of vulnerability to drug addiction. In rats, elevated firing activity of ventral tegmental area (VTA) […]
COMMENTS: Excellent review of almost all the relevant research on androgen receptors, dopamine and sexual function. Fantastic drawing the the hypothalamus-reward circuit interrelationships. Horm Behav. 2008 May; 53(5): 647–658. Published online 2008 February 13. doi: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2008.01.010 Satoru M. Sato,1 Kalynn M. Schulz,2 Cheryl L. Sisk,2 and Ruth I. Wood1 Author information ► Copyright and […]
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DOI:10.1080/01292980903440855 Ven-Hwei Loa*, Ran Weib & Hsiaomei Wuc pages 90-103, Version of record first published: 17 Mar 2010 Received: 28 Nov 2008 ABSTRACT To explore the impact of Internet pornography on users as compared with traditional forms of pornography, a total of 1688 adolescents in Taiwan were surveyed. Results show that respondents estimated the harms […]
by Ann Engelland, M.D. Some of the many emails that enter my inbox daily–and some I actually look forward to are from the professional Listserve I belong to through the Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine or SAHM. Today there is a lively and provocative discussion about adolescent pornography access and even addiction to pornography. […]
J Can Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry. 2012 Aug;21(3):223-9. Hosenbocus S, Chahal R. Department of Psychiatry, Royal Inland Hospital, Kamloops, British Columbia. Abstract OBJECTIVE: To review both the functions and dysfunction of the executive system (ES) focusing on the extent of executive function (EF) deficits in most psychiatric disorders in children and adolescents and the […]