Int J Ment Health Addict. 2018;16(4):1000-1015. doi: 10.1007/s11469-017-9825-0. Torres-Rodríguez A1, Griffiths MD2, Carbonell X1. Abstract Over the last decade, there has been an increase in children and adolescents accessing psychology services regarding problematic use of online videogames. Consequently, providing effective treatment is essential. The present paper describes the design process of a manualized PIPATIC (Programa […]
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J Behav Addict. 2018 Aug 29:1-9. doi: 10.1556/2006.7.2018.67. [Epub ahead of print] Franc E1, Khazaal Y1,2,3, Jasiowka K2, Lepers T2, Bianchi-Demicheli F1,2, Rothen S1,2. Abstract The Internet is widely used for sexual activities and pornography. Little is known, however, about why people look for meetings and sexual interactions through the Internet and about the correlates […]
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Introduction Compulsive porn users often describe escalation in their porn use that takes the form of greater time viewing or seeking out new genres of porn. New genres that induce shock, surprise, violation of expectations or even anxiety can function to increase sexual arousal, and in porn users whose response to stimuli is growing blunted […]
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International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology (2018): 0306624X18794135. Francis Fortin, Jean Proulx, https://doi.org/10.1177/0306624X18794135 ABSTRACT This study analyzed the evolution over time of the activity of consumers of child sexual exploitation material (CSEM). To this end, images and metadata were extracted from the hard drives of 40 individuals convicted of possession of child pornography […]
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Int J Ment Health Addict. 2018;16(3):680-691. doi: 10.1007/s11469-017-9823-2. Monacis L1, Sinatra M2, Griffiths MD3, de Palo V4. Abstract Much research has focused on the validation of psychometric tools assessing Internet addiction. One of the newest measures is the Internet Disorder Scale (IDS-15) based on the modified IGD criteria outlined in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual […]
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Introduction This critique has two parts: Part 1 exposes how Nicole Prause, Marty Klein and Taylor Kohut completely misrepresent their solitary bit of “evidence” to support the article’s core falsehood – that “compulsive pornography viewing” was excluded from the new ICD-11 “Compulsive Sexual Behavior Disorder” diagnosis. Part 2 exposes the startling omissions, false claims, research […]
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Below this long intro are many sub-sections containing relevant studies. Relevant Research – first we have lists of studies that provide support for the claims made by YBOP. (See Questionable & Misleading Studies for highly publicized papers that are not what they claim to be.): Porn/sex addiction? This page lists 60+ neuroscience-based studies (MRI, fMRI, […]
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Open Journal of Psychiatry & Allied Sciences Year : 2018, Volume : 9, Issue : 2 First page : ( 173) Last page : ( 175) Print ISSN : 2394-2053. Online ISSN : 2394-2061. Article DOI : 10.5958/2394-2061.2018.00036.8 Tadpatrikar Ashwini1, Sharma Manoj Kumar2,* 1Clinical Psychologist, Department of Clinical Psychology, SHUT Clinic (Service for Healthy Use of Technology), National […]
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Kuiper, L.B. & Coolen, L.M. Curr Sex Health Rep (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11930-018-0157-2 Preclinical and Psychophysiology (F Guarraci and L Marson, Section Editors) Abstract Purpose of Review Compulsive sexual behavior (CSB) is widely regarded as a “behavioral addiction,” and is a major threat to quality of life and both physical and mental health. However, CSB has been […]
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Li, Renjun, Gaoyan Shi, Jiacui Ji, Hongjun Wang, Wei Wang, Meng Wang, Yingcun Li, Wei Yuan, and Binglun Liu. Biomedical Research 28, no. 22 (2018): 10033-10038. Objective: To investigate the effect of psychological intervention on the prevention of internet addiction in junior high school students of Jinan. Methods: A total number of 888 junior high […]
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