1) Comparison of the Mental Health of Female Adult Film Performers and Other Young Women in California (2015) – Excerpts: A cross-sectional structured online survey adapted from the California Women’s Health Survey (CWHS) was self-administered to a convenience sample of 134 current female adult film performers via the Internet. Bivariate and multivariate analyses were used […]
The American Association of Sexuality Educators, Counselors and Therapists (AASECT) has released what they themselves are hailing as a “historic position statement” on porn and sex addiction. At the center of the statement is an assertion that the organization “does not find sufficient empirical evidence to support the classification of sex addiction or porn addiction as a […]
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Front Psychol. 2016; 7: 1747. Published online 2016 Nov 10. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2016.01747 PMCID: PMC5102883 Elisa Wegmann1 and Matthias Brand1,2,* Abstract Online communication applications such as Facebook, WhatsApp, and Twitter are some of the most frequently used Internet applications. There is a growing amount of individuals suffering diminished control over their use of online communication applications […]
Neurosci Biobehav Rev. 2016 Nov 5. pii: S0149-7634(16)30302-5. doi: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2016.10.029. Young JW1, Winstanley CA2, Brady AM3, Hall FS4. Abstract For decades, the nosology of mental illness has been based largely upon the descriptions in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of the American Psychiatric Association (DSM). A recent challenge to the DSM approach to psychiatric nosology […]
I’ve relapsed. The number’s back to where it started. Square one. All my efforts have been wasted… That would have been how the old me would have looked at this. Although, I may not regret today’s mishap, I do still desire to reach a point in my life where I could live life without being […]
To cite this article: Jin-bo He, Chia-ju Liu, Yong-yu Guo, and Lun Zhao. Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking. May 2011, 14(5): 303-308. doi:10.1089/cyber.2009.0333. Published in Volume: 14 Issue 5: May 19, 2011 Author information Jin-bo He, Ph.D.,1 Chia-ju Liu, Ph.D.,2 Yong-yu Guo, Ph.D.,1 and Lun Zhao, Ph.D.3,4 1School of Psychology, Hua Zhong Normal University […]
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Brain Imaging and Behavior December 2015, Volume 9, Issue 4, pp 703–716 Claudio Imperatori Email author Mariantonietta Fabbricatore Marco Innamorati Benedetto Farina Maria Isabella Quintiliani Dorian A. Lamis Edoardo Mazzucchi Anna Contardi Catello Vollono Giacomo Della Marca DOI: 10.1007/s11682-014-9324-x Cite this article as: Imperatori, C., Fabbricatore, M., Innamorati, M. et al. Brain Imaging and Behavior (2015) 9: 703. doi:10.1007/s11682-014-9324-x Abstract We evaluated the modifications of electroencephalographic (EEG) power […]
Front Psychiatry. 2016 Oct 24;7:175. eCollection 2016. De-Sola Gutiérrez J1, Rodríguez de Fonseca F2, Rubio G3. Abstract We present a review of the studies that have been published about addiction to cell phones. We analyze the concept of cell-phone addiction as well as its prevalence, study methodologies, psychological features, and associated psychiatric comorbidities. Research in […]
Finally made it past a year, I’ll answer questions if any of you have some! I’m 18, I mainly wanted to stop for religious reasons and for mental health reasons. [Porn use] worsened a mental issue I was having by a TON. I used porn for probably 2 years, and yes I have seen benefits. […]
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COMMENTS: In this paper, US Navy doctors warn of a possible link between internet porn use and sexual dysfunctions. The entire paper is well worth a read (see below) and also available here. It reviews more than 180 relevant papers, pointing out that traditional explanations for ED are insufficient to account for the recent jump […]