PDF – FULL STUDY Arch Sex Behav. 2007 Aug;36(4):588-98. Lam CB, Chan DK. Source Department of Psychology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China. Abstract This study examined the prevalence of online pornography viewing and its psychosocial correlates among a sample of young Chinese men in Hong Kong. A total of 229 participants […]
COMMENTS: Note the Internet addiction percentages for The Netherlands or Norway – from 1-5%. For hong Kong it was 17%, for Korea it was 30% for ages 10-30, and higher for males 10-19. Why the huge discrepancies? The European countries used phone surveys heavily skewed to adults, and elderly that never use the internet. Psychiatry […]
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Our current list of Internet addiction brain studies. Without exception, all studies have found addiction-related brain changes in Internet addicts. This review of the literature makes a compelling argument for Internet porn addiction as a sub-type of Internet addiction Neuroscience of Internet Pornography Addiction: A Review and Update (2015). The review also critiques two recent […]
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Porn-related HOCD may call for its own treatment protocol Intrusive worries that someone has become gay—although he (she) has been straight for years with no doubts—have gained the label HOCD, homosexual obsessive-compulsive disorder. More properly such worries would be called sexual orientation obsessive-compulsive disorder because they also strike gay people who suddenly wonder if they […]
Pediatrics. 2008 Apr;121 Suppl 4:S273-89. Windle M, Spear LP, Fuligni AJ, Angold A, Brown JD, Pine D, Smith GT, Giedd J, Dahl RE. Source Department of Behavioral Science and Health Education, Emory University, 1518 Clifton Rd NE, Room 520, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA. [email protected] Abstract Numerous developmental changes occur across levels of personal organization (eg, […]
PLoS One. 2012;7(11):e48961. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0048961. Epub 2012 Nov 14. Zhou Z, Yuan G, Yao J. Source Department of Psychology, Wuxi Mental Health Center of Nanjing Medical University, Wuxi City, Jiangsu Province, China. Abstract BACKGROUND: The cue-related go/no-go switching task provides an experimental approach to study individual’s flexibility in changing situations. Because Internet addiction disorder […]
I have been suffering from depression since my freshmen year of high school. On top of that, I have had insomnia problems, high social anxiety, and apathy. But around 35 days something was starting to change: 1) Sleeping problems have gone away I actually kind of have the opposite problem now, I can sleep basically […]
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Curr Psychiatry Rev. 2012 Nov;8(4):292-298. PDF -Internet Addiction: A Brief Summary of Research and Practice. Cash H, Rae CD, Steel AH, Winkler A. Source reSTART Internet Addiction Recovery Program, Fall City, WA 98024. Abstract Problematic computer use is a growing social issue which is being debated worldwide. Internet Addiction Disorder (IAD) ruins lives […]
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I have been with NoFap for about 4 months now, and have slowly brought myself up from PMOing 3 to 4 times a day to every couple days to every week to now wanting to keep it going as long as possible. I’m starting to get into the habit of posting daily. I think it […]
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Brain Sci. 2012, 2(3), 347-374; doi:10.3390/brainsci2030347 Daria J. Kuss* and Mark D. Griffiths International Gaming Research Unit, Nottingham Trent University, Nottingham NG1 4BU, UK * Author to whom correspondence should be addressed. Received: 28 June 2012; in revised form: 24 August 2012 / Accepted: 28 August 2012 / Published: 5 September […]