Using brain imaging, NIMH researchers have produced direct evidence that people prone to depression — even when they’re feeling well — have abnormal mood-regulating brain circuitry. This makes them vulnerable to relapse when levels of certain key brain chemical messengers plummet. Wayne Drevets, M.D., of the NIMH Mood and Anxiety Disorders Program, Gregor Hasler, M.D., […]
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Neuroimage. 2009 May 15;46(1):327-37. doi: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2009.01.058. Epub 2009 Feb 6. Jan Wacker,1,2 Daniel G. Dillon,2 and Diego A. Pizzagalli2 Author information ► Copyright and License information ► The publisher’s final edited version of this article is available at Neuroimage See other articles in PMC that cite the published article. Go to: Abstract Anhedonia, the reduced […]
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Sticks and stones: Brain releases natural painkillers during social rejection This is a brain image showing in orange/red one area of the brain where the natural painkiller (opioid) system was highly active in research volunteers who are experiencing social rejection. This region, called the amygdala, was one of …more “Sticks and stones may break my […]
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So in only twice in my life I have had this feeling before. The first time, when I relapsed it was back in April was during my biggest reboot (40 days), since then I haven’t felt that way…until two days ago! I am feeling that passion for life again, for only the second time in […]
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ISRN Psychiatry. 2013 Mar 28;2013:961734. doi: 10.1155/2013/961734. Ozturk FO, Ekinci M, Ozturk O, Canan F. Source Department of Psychiatric Nursing, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ataturk University, 25240 Erzurum, Turkey. Abstract The purpose of this study was to investigate the association of affective temperament profiles and emotional and behavioural characteristics with Internet addiction among high school […]
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As I approach 90 days tomorrow, I’d like to express my sincere thanks to this subreddit. A little background, I had been masturbating for about 10 years, often 3 times a day, sometimes more. I had starting using pornography to aid the process beginning about five or six years ago. It got to the point […]
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In the R-rated comedy Don Jon, opening Sept. 27, Joseph Gordon-Levitt plays a twentysomething New Jersey gym rat and self-styled ladies’ man whose ability to maintain normal relationships with women is hampered by his obsession with online porn. [informal review by guy on Reddit] While his girlfriend, played by Scarlett Johansson, swoons for the fantasies on […]
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J Neurosci. 2013 August 7; 33(32): 12982–12986. doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.5587-12.2013 PMCID: PMC3735881 Agnes Norbury,1,2 Sanjay Manohar,1,2 Robert D. Rogers,3 and Masud Husain1,2,4 Author information ► Article notes ► Copyright and License information ► Go to: Abstract Trait sensation-seeking, defined as a need for varied, complex, and intense sensations, represents a relatively underexplored hedonic drive in human […]
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J Exp Anal Behav. 2010 May; 93(3): 313–328. doi: 10.1901/jeab.2010.93-313 PMCID: PMC2861872 Reza Habib and Mark R Dixon Author information ► Article notes ► Copyright and License information ► This article has been cited by other articles in PMC. Go to: Abstract The purpose of this translational study was twofold: (1) to contrast behavioral and […]
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Obesity (Silver Spring). 2011 Aug;19(8):1601-8. doi: 10.1038/oby.2011.27. Epub 2011 Feb 24. Wang GJ, Geliebter A, Volkow ND, Telang FW, Logan J, Jayne MC, Galanti K, Selig PA, Han H, Zhu W, Wong CT, Fowler JS. Source Medical Department, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York, USA. [email protected] Abstract Subjects with binge eating disorder (BED) regularly consume […]
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