Int J Ment Health Addict. 2016; 14(5): 672–686. Published online 2015 Sep 23. doi: 10.1007/s11469-015-9592-8 PMCID: PMC5023737 Charlotte Thoresen Wittek,1 Turi Reiten Finserås,1 Ståle Pallesen,2 Rune Aune Mentzoni,2 Daniel Hanss,3 Mark D. Griffiths,4 and Helge Molde1 Go to: Abstract Video gaming has become a popular leisure activity in many parts of the world, and an […]
Ali Sahraian 1 ; Seyyed Bozorgmehr Hedayati 2 ; Arash Mani 3 ; and Arvin Hedayati 4, * 1 Associated Professor, Psychiatrist, Research Center for Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Department of Psychiatry, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, School of Medicine, Shiraz, Iran 2 General Physician, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, School of Medicine, Shiraz, […]
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Front Psychol. 2016; 7: 914. Published online 2016 Jun 15. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2016.00914 PMCID: PMC4908125 Roser Granero,1,2 Fernando Fernández-Aranda,1,3,4 Gemma Mestre-Bach,3 Trevor Steward,1,3 Marta Baño,1,3 Amparo del Pino-Gutiérrez,5 Laura Moragas,3 Núria Mallorquí-Bagué,1,3 Neus Aymamí,3 Mónica Gómez-Peña,3 Salomé Tárrega,2 José M. Menchón,3,4,6 and Susana Jiménez-Murcia1,3,4,* Author information ► Article notes ► Copyright and License information ► […]
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Sexual dysfunction among men under 40 is increasing, and the U.S. Navy thinks porn is to blame. In a new review published in Behavioral Sciences, Navy urologists, neuroscientists and psychiatrists report that 15 years ago erectile dysfunction rates were negligible (2 to 5 percent) in sexually active men under 40. Now, the research indicates that […]
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World Psychiatry. 2016 Oct; 15(3): 297–298. Published online 2016 Sep 22. doi: 10.1002/wps.20373 PMCID: PMC5032511 Karl Mann1, Mira Fauth‐Bühler, 1 Susumu Higuchi, 2 Marc N. Potenza, 3 and John B. Saunders 4 Author information ► Copyright and License information ► Pathological gambling, also referred to as gambling disorder, has become the first recognized non‐substance behavioral […]
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A case study of three active-duty service members who saw Navy doctors found their heavy use of pornography to be connected to erectile dysfunction and other sexual problems within their romantic relationships — a finding the Navy is watching without comment, for now. The independent study, undertaken by four San Diego-based naval health professionals, seeks […]
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Front Psychiatry. 2016; 7: 6. Published online 2016 Mar 3. doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2016.00006 PMCID: PMC4776119 Emmanuel Stip,1,2,* Alexis Thibault,1 Alexis Beauchamp-Chatel,1 and Steve Kisely3,4,5 Author information ► Article notes ► Copyright and License information ► Go to: Abstract Computers, video games, and technological devices are part of young people’s everyday lives. Hikikomori is a Japanese word […]
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Source: Journal of Experiential Psychotherapy / Revista de PSIHOterapie Experientiala. Dec 2015, Vol. 18 Issue 4, p40-45. 6p. Author(s): Cotigă, Alin C.; Dumitrache, Sorina D. Abstract: Introduction: The effects of pornography consumption among men are revealed by both hundreds of internet testimonies and specialists who deal with such effects. This topic raises strong questions and […]
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Jin-Tao Zhanga, b, Yuan-Wei Yaoa, Marc N. Potenzac, d, Cui-Cui Xiae, Jing Lanf, Lu Liuf, Ling-Jiao Wanga, Ben Liua, Shan-Shan Maa, Xiao-Yi Fangf, , Show more http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nicl.2016.09.004 Highlights • IGD subjects showed altered cue-induced neural activation in reward-related areas. • IGD subjects alleviated IGD symptoms after CBI. • IGD subjects showed higher insular activation after […]
“I’d wager that 90 per cent of teenage boys in the UK and USA will be addicted at some seriously life-inhibiting level to on-line pornography, as will 30 per cent of teenage girls. Ditto for adult men and women.” Are we becoming a nation of digital-technology addicts? Surely the figures speak for themselves. The average […]