China is first country to recognize Internet addiction as an official disorder

According to the Internet Addiction Disorder (IAD) diagnostic manual, Internet addiction is divided into five categories: addiction to online games, pornography, social networking, Internet information and Internet shopping. The Internet is arguably one of the most impactful and important inventions well, ever.  It has the ability to inform millions, to entertain, to escape into an […]

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Age 19 – ED, 149 days

October 07, 2012 – I first noticed I had a problem at the end of my senior year of high school. I was 17 at the time, and had been dating a girl for a few months. We were getting frisky at her house one day and she suggested we have sex. I was a […]

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Concurrent exposure to methamphetamine and sexual behavior enhances subsequent drug reward and causes compulsive sexual behavior in male rats (2011)

J Neurosci. 2011 Nov 9;31(45):16473-82. doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.4013-11.2011. Frohmader KS, Lehman MN, Laviolette SR, Coolen LM. Source Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario N6A5C1, Canada. Abstract Methamphetamine (Meth) users report having heightened sexual pleasure, numerous sexual partners, and engaging in unprotected sex due to […]

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Natural reward experience alters AMPA and NMDA receptor distribution and function in the nucleus accumbens (2012)

PLoS One. 2012;7(4):e34700. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0034700. Epub 2012 Apr 18. Pitchers KK, Schmid S, Di Sebastiano AR, Wang X, Laviolette SR, Lehman MN, Coolen LM. Source Departments of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, The University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada. Abstract Natural reward and drugs of abuse converge upon the […]

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Brain structure and obesity (2010)

Hum Brain Mapp. 2010 Mar;31(3):353-64. doi: 10.1002/hbm.20870. Raji CA, Ho AJ, Parikshak NN, Becker JT, Lopez OL, Kuller LH, Hua X, Leow AD, Toga AW, Thompson PM. Source Department of Pathology, University of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. Abstract Obesity is associated with increased risk for cardiovascular health problems including diabetes, hypertension, and stroke. These cardiovascular afflictions […]

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