“NZ Youth and Porn report reveals teens struggling to cut back” (NZ Herald)

A quarter of Kiwi teens have watched porn before the age of 12 – and most want restrictions on what can be accessed, a new report reveals. (Emphasis supplied.) Teenage pornography users are struggling with what could be considered “compulsive” viewing despite wanting to cut back. The great majority of teens, including half of all […]

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Relationship between quality of life in young adults and impulsivity/compulsivity (2019)

Psychiatry Research Volume 271, January 2019, Pages 253-258 Samuel R.Chamberlaina Jon E.Grantb https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psychres.2018.11.059 Highlights • This study examined measures associated with quality of life in young adults. • Impulse control disorders were strongly associated with lower quality of life. • Trait impulsiveness and cognition were also associated with worse quality of life. Abstract Impulsive and […]

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Analysis of “Data do not support sex as addictive” (Prause et al., 2017)

Introduction Nicole Prause touts yet another of her letters to the editor as “debunking” the existence of sex addiction and porn addiction (“Compulsive sexual behaviour disorder” in the upcoming ICD-11). Yet it does not. This 240-word opinion piece (Prause et al., 2017) cites zero studies to support its claims, providing only a single, easily refuted […]

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Lifestyle Interventions and Prevention of Suicide (2018)

Front Psychiatry. 2018 Nov 6;9:567. doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2018.00567. Berardelli I1, Corigliano V1, Hawkins M2, Comparelli A1, Erbuto D1, Pompili M1. Abstract Over the past years, there has been a growing interest in the association between lifestyle psychosocial interventions, severe mental illness, and suicide risk. Patients with severe mental disorders have higher mortality rates, poor health states, […]

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Transcranial direct current stimulation for online gamers: A prospective single-arm feasibility study (2018)

J Behav Addict. 2018 Nov 12:1-5. doi: 10.1556/2006.7.2018.107. Lee SH1, Im JJ2, Oh JK2, Choi EK2, Yoon S3, Bikson M4, Song IU5, Jeong H2, Chung YA2. Abstract AIM: Excessive use of online games can have negative influences on mental health and daily functioning. Although the effects of transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) have been investigated […]

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The dark side of internet: Preliminary evidence for the associations of dark personality traits with specific online activities and problematic internet use (2018)

Study finds that “online sexual use” is related to dark personality traits (machiavellianism, psychopathy, narcissism, sadism, and spitefulness). Question: how would these traits differ after an extended period of time without porn & gaming? J Behav Addict. 2018 Nov 14:1-11. doi: 10.1556/2006.7.2018.109. Kircaburun K1, Griffiths MD2. Abstract BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Research has shown that personality […]

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Treatment efficacy of a specialized psychotherapy program for Internet Gaming Disorder (2018)

J Behav Addict. 2018 Nov 14:1-14. doi: 10.1556/2006.7.2018.111. Torres-Rodríguez A1, Griffiths MD2, Carbonell X1, Oberst U1. Abstract BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Internet Gaming Disorder (IGD) has become health concern around the world, and specialized health services for the treatment of IGD are emerging. Despite the increase in such services, few studies have examined the efficacy of […]

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