COMMENTS: Study on subjects with hypersexuality (porn/sex addiction) reports epigenetic changes mirroring those occurring in alcoholics. The epigenetic changes occurred in genes associated with the oxytocin system (which is important in love, bonding, addiction, stress, etc.). Highlights: Sex/porn addict’s epigenetic markers for the brain’s oxytocin system looks similar to alcoholics Study’s findings aligns with Kuhn […]
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COMMENTS: Men spent more time looking at sexting images when they assumed that the pictures were distributed non-consensually. Excerpt: The results from this study show that viewing behavior and the evaluation of sexting images are influenced by the supposed way of distribution. In line with objectification theory men who assumed that the pictures were distributed […]
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Eur Child Adolesc Psychiatry. 2019 Sep 6. doi: 10.1007/s00787-019-01398-2. Stenseng F1,2, Hygen BW3, Wichstrøm L3,4. Abstract There is sparse knowledge on how the amount of gaming overlaps with-and is longitudinally related to-psychiatric symptoms of ADHD and emotional problems throughout early and middle childhood. In this prospective study of 791 Norwegian children, we investigated the amount […]
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J Behav Addict. 2019 Sep 11:1-9. doi: 10.1556/2006.8.2019.47. Brahim FB1, Rothen S2,3, Bianchi-Demicheli F3, Courtois R1,4, Khazaal Y5,6. Abstract BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Cybersex is increasingly associated with concerns about compulsive use. The aim of this study was to assess the roles of motives and sexual desire in the compulsive use of cybersex. METHODS: The sample […]
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Front Psychol. 2019; 10: 1822. Published online 2019 Aug 6. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2019.01822 PMCID: PMC6691168 PMID: 31447748 Vasileios Stavropoulos,1,2,* Rapson Gomez,3 and Frosso Motti-Stefanidi2 The use of video-games, either online or offline, has significantly increased, and almost homogeneously, around the globe over the last decades (Anderson et al., 2017). The majority of gamers have benefited from this […]
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Gen Psychiatr. 2019; 32(3): e100071. Published online 2019 Jul 18. doi: 10.1136/gpsych-2019-100071 PMCID: PMC6678059 PMID: 31423477 Qianjin Wang,* Honghong Ren, Jiang Long, Yueheng Liu, and Tieqiao Liu Abstract Gaming disorder has become a significant issue in mental healthcare. While gaming is an important form of entertainment, excessive gaming may cause serious consequences for players. At present, […]
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Encephale. 2019 Aug 14. pii: S0013-7006(19)30208-8. doi: 10.1016/j.encep.2019.05.006. [Article in French] Ben Thabet J1, Ellouze AS2, Ghorbel N3, Maalej M1, Yaich S4, Omri S1, Feki R1, Zouari N1, Zouari L1, Dammak J4, Charfi N1, Maalej M1. Abstract INTRODUCTION: Internet addiction, a relatively new phenomenon, is a field of recent research in mental health, particularly within […]
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Link to article – https://medicalxpress.com/news/2019-09-brain-circuit-mood-response-stress.html Many people have experienced stressful situations that trigger a particular mood and also change certain feelings toward food. An international team led by researchers at Baylor College of Medicine looked into the possibility of crosstalk between eating and mood and discovered a brain circuit in mouse models that connects the […]
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RealYBOP Twitter (@BrainOnPorn) and realyourbrainonporn.com have been developed as a tool by Nicole Prause & Daniel Burgess to attack Your Brain on Porn, Gary Wilson, and anyone else who critiques the porn industry or points out the negative effects of porn use. Table of Contents: Attempted illegal trademark grab Prause denies involvement in RealYBOP trademark-infringing […]
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Subst Abuse Rehabil. 2019; 10: 33–46. Published online 2019 Jul 12. doi: 10.2147/SAR.S202996 PMCID: PMC6634303 PMID: 31372088 Fiona Kehinde,1 Opeoluwa Oduyeye,2 and Raihan Mohammed1 Abstract There is a broad consensus that the development of drug addiction in adulthood is closely linked to the onset of drug use in adolescence. However, the relationship between drug exposure during […]
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