Indian J Pediatr. 2018 Sep 12. doi: 10.1007/s12098-018-2785-y. Singh M1. Abstract Excessive digital gaming is emerging as a mental health disorder because youngsters are losing control of their lives by wasting their time by indulging in online multiplayer games. The popularity of the games can be gauged by the fact that India’s online gaming market […]
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16:30 03 May 2013 by Andy Coghlan and Sara Reardon Guest editorial: “One manual shouldn’t dictate US mental health research” by Allen Frances The world’s biggest mental health research institute is abandoning the new version of psychiatry’s “bible” – the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, questioning its validity and stating that “patients with […]
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On 18th June 2018, the authors of the International Classification of Diseases, 11th Revision, put out a press release announcing that the implementation version of the upcoming ICD-11 is now available online. It included Compulsive Sexual Behaviour Disorder for the first time (link to original article). The Press release can be seen on the WHO site […]
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Eur Psychiatry. 2018 May 4;52:76-84. doi: 10.1016/j.eurpsy.2018.04.003. Marmet S1, Studer J2, Rougemont-Bücking A2, Gmel G3. Abstract BACKGROUND: Recent theories suggest that behavioural addictions and substance use disorders may be the result of the same underlying vulnerability. The present study investigates profiles of family background, personality and mental health factors and their associations with seven behavioural […]
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Children (Basel). 2018 Feb 23;5(2). pii: E31. doi: 10.3390/children5020031. Wolf C1, Wolf S2, Weiss M3, Nino G4. Abstract The quantity, accessibility and focus on child-targeted programming has exponentially increased since it entered American households in the early 1900s. It may have started with the television (TV), but technology has evolved and now fits in our […]
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J Hum Nutr Diet. 2018 Jan 25. doi: 10.1111/jhn.12532. Burrows T1, Kay-Lambkin F2, Pursey K1, Skinner J1, Dayas C3. Abstract BACKGROUND: The present study systematically reviewed the literature aiming to determine the relationships between food addiction, as measured by the Yale Food Addiction Scale (YFAS), and mental health symptoms. METHODS: Nine databases were searched using […]
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Arch Psychiatr Nurs. 2017 Dec;31(6):566-571. doi: 10.1016/j.apnu.2017.07.007. Choi M1, Park S2, Cha S3. Abstract AIM: The purpose of this study was to identify the relationships of mental health and internet use in Korean adolescents. Also, it was intended to provide guidelines for reducing internet overuse based on the influencing factors of internet use. METHODS: Participants […]
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AIDS Behav. 2017 Jun;21(6):1540-1549. doi: 10.1007/s10461-016-1533-4. Parsons JT1,2,3, Rendina HJ4,5, Moody RL4,6, Gurung S4,7, Starks TJ4,6,5, Pachankis JE8. Abstract Gay and bisexual men (GBM) report high rates of sexual compulsivity (SC), yet no empirically based treatments exist. An intervention based on the Unified Protocol for the Transdiagnostic Treatment of Emotional Disorders was pilot tested in […]
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Cho, Eunsuk. International Journal of Human Ecology 17, no. 1 (2016): 27-37. Abstract This study was to understand associated factors with frequent exposure to Internet pornography among Korean adolescents. We used data (N = 45,783) from the 2012 Korea Youth Risk Behavior Web-based Survey to examine demographics, family environmental variables, Internet use time, mental health […]
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Psychiatr Danub. 2017 Sep;29(3):313-321. doi: 10.24869/psyd.2017.313. Karacic S1, Oreskovic S. Abstract BACKGROUND: The research examines the influence of internet addiction of adolescents in Croatia and Germany and its impact on the subjective feeling of health status. The purpose of this paper is also to give insight into how the Internet addiction which is a risky […]
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