LINK TO FULL STUDY Veruska Andrea Santos1*, MSc ; Rafael Freire1*, MD, PhD ; Morená Zugliani1*, MD ; Patricia Cirillo1*, MD ; Hugo Henrique Santos2 ; Antonio Egidio Nardi1*, MD, PhD ; Anna Lucia King1*, PhD 1Laboratory of Panic and Respiration, Institute of Psychiatry of The Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (IPUB/UFRJ), Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), Rio […]
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Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2016, 13(3), 294; doi:10.3390/ijerph13030294 Tony Durkee 1,*, Vladimir Carli 1, Birgitta Floderus 2, Camilla Wasserman 3,4, Marco Sarchiapone 3,5, Alan Apter 6, Judit A. Balazs 7,8, Julio Bobes 9, Romuald Brunner 10, Paul Corcoran 11, Doina Cosman 12, Christian Haring 13, Christina W. Hoven 4,14, Michael Kaess 10, Jean-Pierre […]
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Int J Obes (Lond). 2016 Mar;40 Suppl 1:S12-21. doi: 10.1038/ijo.2016.9. Benton D1, Young HA1. Abstract Addiction to a wide range of substances of abuse has been suggested to reflect a ‘Reward Deficiency Syndrome’. That is, drugs are said to stimulate the reward mechanisms so intensely that, to compensate, the population of dopamine D2 receptors (DD2R) […]
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BMC Public Health. 2016 Mar 16;16(1):272. doi: 10.1186/s12889-016-2947-7. Wang Y1, Wu AM2, Lau JT3,4. Abstract BACKGROUND: Students are vulnerable to Internet addiction (IA). Influences of cognitions based on the Health Belief Model (HBM) and perceived number of peers with IA (PNPIA) affecting students’ IA, and mediating effects involved, have not been investigated. METHODS: This cross-sectional […]
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World J Radiol. 2016 Feb 28; 8(2): 210–225. Published online 2016 Feb 28. doi: 10.4329/wjr.v8.i2.210 PMCID: PMC4770183Gianna Sepede, Margherita Tavino, Rita Santacroce, Federica Fiori, Rosa Maria Salerno, and Massimo Di Giannantonio Author information ► Article notes ► Copyright and License information ► Go to: Abstract AIM: To report the results of functional magnetic resonance […]
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Hypothesis & Theory ARTICLE Front. Psychiatry, 03 March 2016 | http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2016.00006 Emmanuel Stip1,2*, Alexis Thibault1, Alexis Beauchamp-Chatel1 and Steve Kisely3,4,5 1Département de Psychiatrie, Faculté de Médecine, Université de Montréal, Montréal, QC, Canada 2Centre Hospitalier de l’Université de Montréal, Hôpital Notre-Dame, Montréal, QC, Canada 3School of Medicine, University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, Australia 4Department of Psychiatry, […]
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Front Hum Neurosci. 2016; 10: 6. Published online 2016 Feb 1. doi: 10.3389/fnhum.2016.00006 PMCID: PMC4740778 Tanya Wen1,2,* and Shulan Hsieh1,3,4,* Author information ► Article notes ► Copyright and License information ► Go to: Abstract Preoccupation and compulsive use of the internet can have negative psychological effects, such that it is increasingly being recognized as a […]
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Mom’s weight during pregnancy shapes baby’s health By Laura Beil 1:00pm, January 12, 2016 Obesity at conception or during pregnancy is a big problem that’s getting bigger: New evidence says a child’s mental health could be at stake. Magazine issue: Vol. 189, No. 2, January 23, 2016, p. 22 When Elinor Sullivan was a postdoctoral fellow […]
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“How Internet Porn Affects the Brain” is a 2015 updated version of the original YBOP 6-part series. A Polish translation of this presentation Supporting materials for this presentation Current state of the research Porn/sex addiction? This page lists 55 neuroscience-based studies (MRI, fMRI, EEG, neuropsychological, hormonal). All provide strong support for the addiction model as […]
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LINK TO STUDY Eva H. Telzera, b, c, , Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience Volume 17, February 2016, Pages 57–67 Abstract The prevailing view in the field of adolescent brain development is that heightened activity in the mesolimbic dopaminergic reward system serves as a liability, orienting adolescents toward risky behaviors, increasing their sensitivity to social evaluation and […]
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