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 […]
J Ment Health. 2017 Jan 28:1-6. doi: 10.1080/09638237.2016.1276530. Lee YS1, Son JH1, Park JH1, Kim SM1, Kee BS1, Han DH1. Abstract BACKGROUND: The differences in prevalence, natural history, and disease progression between Internet gaming disorder (IGD) and substance use disorder contribute to the controversy over IGD as a diagnosis under substance-related and addictive disorders. AIMS: […]
Front. Psychiatry, 13 January 2017 | https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2017.00002 Udi E. Ghitza* National Institute on Drug Abuse Center for Clinical Trials Network, Bethesda, MD, USA A commentary on Addictions neuroclinical assessment: a neuroscience-based framework for addictive disorders by Kwako LE, Momenan R, Litten RZ, Koob GF, Goldman D. Biol Psychiatry (2016) 80:179–89. doi: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2015.10.024 Kwako et al. recently […]
Biological Psychiatry: Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging (2017). Guangheng Dong, Lingxiao Wang, Xiaoxia Du, Marc N. Potenza DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bpsc.2017.01.002 Abstract Background Internet gaming disorder (IGD) has been proposed as a behavioral addiction warranting additional investigation. Craving is considered a core component of addictions. However, few studies to date have investigated craving in IGD. In the current […]