Including gaming disorder in the ICD-11: The need to do so from a clinical and public health perspective Commentary on: A weak scientific basis for gaming disorder: Let us err on the side of caution (van Rooij et al., 2018)

J Behav Addict. 2018 Jul 16:1-6. doi: 10.1556/2006.7.2018.59. Rumpf HJ1, Achab S2,3, Billieux J4, Bowden-Jones H5, Carragher N6, Demetrovics Z7, Higuchi S8, King DL9, Mann K10, Potenza M11, Saunders JB12, Abbott M13, Ambekar A14, Aricak OT15, Assanangkornchai S16, Bahar N17, Borges G18, Brand M19,20, Chan EM21, Chung T22, Derevensky J23, Kashef AE24, Farrell M25, Fineberg […]

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Exploring the way sexually explicit material informs sexual beliefs, understanding and practices of young men: a qualitative survey (2018)

Charles, P. and Meyrick, J. (2018) Journal of Health Psychology. ISSN 1359-1053 Abstract Purpose Research suggests that exposure to Sexually Explicit Material (SEM) has negative effects on the beliefs, attitudes and actions of young men, but little research has examines how this may happen. The objective of this study was to address this emerging issue […]

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Vibrators and “Dead Vagina Syndrome” (research and mainstream press)

Sex therapists are often quick to insist that vibrator use is just great for women. However, there’s growing anecdotal evidence that vibrators are actually “supernormal stimuli,” which cannot be matched by human partners. For some users, this spells a decline in sexual responsiveness and pleasure during intercourse with a partner. In mid-2018, a search for […]

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Propagandists misrepresent peer-reviewed papers and ICD-11 search features to fuel false claim that WHO’s ICD-11 “rejected porn addiction and sex addiction”

The deniers of porn addiction are agitated because the latest version of the World Health Organization’s medical diagnostic manual, The International Classification of Diseases (ICD-11), contains a new diagnosis suitable for diagnosing both porn addiction and sex addiction. It’s called “Compulsive Sexual Behavior Disorder.” For a responsible article, quoting WHO’s official spokesperson, Christian Lindmeier, the […]

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Addictions, Behavioral Addictions, and Pathological Internet Use as Internet Addiction – A Literature Review (2018)

Addictions, Behavioral Addictions, and Pathological Internet Use as Internet Addiction – A Literature Review Vy K. Nguyen, CUNY Bernard M Baruch CollegeFollow Document Type Poster Publication Date 5-10-2018 Abstract Excessive and pathological uses of the Internet are observed and discussed often in our modern conversations. Access to the Internet has become so convenient that these […]

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