By MATT RICHTEL MARCH 13, 2017 Alexandra Elliott, a high school senior, says she is a heavy phone user and that using it for social media “really feels good.” CreditJason Henry for The New York Times Amid an opioid epidemic, the rise of deadly synthetic drugs and the widening legalization of marijuana, a curious bright spot has […]
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Front Behav Neurosci. 2017; 11: 19. Published online 2017 Feb 14. doi: 10.3389/fnbeh.2017.00019 PMCID: PMC5306218 Jean-Pascal Morin,1,2 Luis F. Rodríguez-Durán,1,3 Kioko Guzmán-Ramos,1 Claudia Perez-Cruz,4 Guillaume Ferreira,5,6 Sofia Diaz-Cintra,7 and Gustavo Pacheco-López1,8,* Author information ► Article notes ► Copyright and License information ► Go to: Abstract Neural plasticity is an intrinsic and essential characteristic of the […]
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Carlo Lai, Daniela Altavilla, Marianna Mazza, Silvia Scappaticci, Renata Tambelli, Paola Aceto, Pages 1-7 | Received 17 May 2016, Accepted 01 Feb 2017, Published online: 28 Feb 2017 Journal of Mental Health Abstract Background: The new version of Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5th) proposed the Internet Gaming Disorder for the diagnosis of […]
By Sylvia Pownall (link to original article) Ireland is in the grip of a porn addiction epidemic with children as young as SEVEN being exposed to x-rated material online. We now rank fourth in the world for per capita porn use behind the UK, Canada and the US – and our obsession with it is […]
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Psychiatry Res. Author manuscript; available in PMC 2017 Feb 28. Published in final edited form as: Psychiatry Res. 2016 Dec 30; 246: 230–235. Published online 2016 Sep 26. doi: 10.1016/j.psychres.2016.09.044 PMCID: PMC5330407 EMSID: EMS71673 EW Leppink,(1) SR Chamberlain,(2) SA Redden,(1) and JE Grant(1)* Abstract Objective A notable number of young adults struggle to control impulsive […]
Behav Pharmacol. Author manuscript; available in PMC 2014 Feb 25. Published in final edited form as: Behav Pharmacol. 2012 Sep; 23(0): 593–602. doi: 10.1097/FBP.0b013e328357697f PMCID: PMC3934429 NIHMSID: NIHMS554308 Attilio Iemolo,a,b,* Marta Valenza,a,b,c,* Lisa Tozier,b Clifford M. Knapp,b Conan Kornetsky,b Luca Steardo,d Valentina Sabino,a,b and Pietro Cottonea,b Abstract The increased availability of highly palatable foods is […]
Acta Inform Med. 2016 Feb; 24(1): 66–68. Published online 2016 Feb 2. doi: 10.5455/aim.2016.24.66-68 PMCID: PMC4789623 Marianna Diomidous,1 Kostis Chardalias,1 Adrianna Magita,1 Panagiotis Koutonias,1 Paraskevi Panagiotopoulou,1 and John Mantas1 Abstract Background and Aims: Over the past two decades there was an upsurge of the use of Internet in human life. With this continuous development, Internet […]
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I’m 26 years old and I have suffered from depression since as long as I can remember. I don’t know how much of my depression is genetic and how much is psychological. I think my depression might be due to my parents’ broken marriage and also because my father himself suffered from depression all his […]
Front Psychol. 2014; 5: 250. Published online 2014 Mar 31. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2014.00250 PMCID: PMC3978285 Tobias Hoch,1 Monika Pischetsrieder,1,* and Andreas Hess2 Abstract Snack food like potato chips substantially contributes to energy intake in humans. In contrast to basic food, snacks are consumed additionally to other meals and may thereby lead to non-homeostatic energy intake. Snack […]
PLoS One. 2013; 8(9): e74645. Published online 2013 Sep 10. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0074645 PMCID: PMC3769238 Johannes W. de Jong,1 Karin E. Meijboom,1 Louk J. M. J. Vanderschuren,1,2 and Roger A. H. Adan1,* Silvana Gaetani, Editor Abstract The worldwide obesity epidemic poses an enormous and growing threat to public health. However, the neurobehavioral mechanisms of overeating and […]