Pathological Internet Use and Risk-Behaviors among European Adolescents (2016)

Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2016, 13(3), 294; doi:10.3390/ijerph13030294 Tony Durkee 1,*, Vladimir Carli 1, Birgitta Floderus 2, Camilla Wasserman 3,4, Marco Sarchiapone 3,5, Alan Apter 6, Judit A. Balazs 7,8, Julio Bobes 9, Romuald Brunner 10, Paul Corcoran 11, Doina Cosman 12, Christian Haring 13, Christina W. Hoven 4,14, Michael Kaess 10, Jean-Pierre […]

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The relationship between addictive use of social media and video games and symptoms of psychiatric disorders: A large-scale cross-sectional study (2016)

Psychol Addict Behav. 2016 Mar;30(2):252-262. Schou Andreassen C1, Billieux J2, Griffiths MD3, Kuss DJ3, Demetrovics Z4, Mazzoni E5, Pallesen S1. Abstract Over the last decade, research into “addictive technological behaviors” has substantially increased. Research has also demonstrated strong associations between addictive use of technology and comorbid psychiatric disorders. In the present study, 23,533 adults (mean […]

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Exploring Associations between Problematic Internet Use, Depressive Symptoms and Sleep Disturbance among Southern Chinese Adolescents (2016)

Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2016 Mar 14;13(3). pii: E313. doi: 10.3390/ijerph13030313. Tan Y1, Chen Y2, Lu Y3, Li L4. Abstract The primary aim of this study was to examine associations between problematic Internet use, depression and sleep disturbance, and explore whether there were differential effects of problematic Internet use and depression on sleep […]

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Internet Addiction, Hikikomori Syndrome, and the Prodromal Phase of Psychosis (2016)

Hypothesis & Theory ARTICLE Front. Psychiatry, 03 March 2016 | http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2016.00006 Emmanuel Stip1,2*, Alexis Thibault1, Alexis Beauchamp-Chatel1 and Steve Kisely3,4,5 1Département de Psychiatrie, Faculté de Médecine, Université de Montréal, Montréal, QC, Canada 2Centre Hospitalier de l’Université de Montréal, Hôpital Notre-Dame, Montréal, QC, Canada 3School of Medicine, University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, Australia 4Department of Psychiatry, […]

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Prefrontal Cortical Circuit for Depression- and Anxiety-Related Behaviors Mediated by Cholecystokinin: Role of ΔFosB (2014)

J Neurosci. 2014 Mar 12; 34(11): 3878–3887. doi:  10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1787-13.2014 PMCID: PMC3951691 Vincent Vialou,1,6,7,8 Rosemary C. Bagot,1 Michael E. Cahill,1 Deveroux Ferguson,1 Alfred J. Robison,2 David M. Dietz,3 Barbara Fallon,2 Michelle Mazei-Robison,2 Stacy M. Ku,1 Eileen Harrigan,1 Catherine A. Winstanley,4 Tej Joshi,1 Jian Feng,1 Olivier Berton,5 and Eric J. Nestler1 Author information ► Article notes ► […]

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Aberrant neural signatures of decision-making: Pathological gamblers display cortico-striatal hypersensitivity to extreme gambles

NeuroImage Volume 128, March 2016, Pages 342–352 Sofie V. Gelskova, b, , , , , Kristoffer H. Madsena, c, Thomas Z. Ramsøya, d, 1, Hartwig R. Siebnera, e, 1 doi:10.1016/j.neuroimage.2016.01.002   Open Access Highlights Pathological gamblers show U-shaped neural response to appetitive and aversive bets. This hypersensitivity is found in a cortico-striatal network, i.e. caudate and […]

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Does food addiction exist? A phenomenological discussion based on the psychiatric classification of substance-related disorders and addiction (2012)

Obes Facts. 2012;5(2):165-79. doi: 10.1159/000338310. Epub 2012 Apr 19. Albayrak O1, Wölfle SM, Hebebrand J. Abstract The relationship between overeating, substance abuse and (behavioral) addiction is controversial. Medically established forms of addiction so far pertain to substance use disorders only. But the preliminary Diagnostic and Statistical Manual for Mental Disorders V (DSM V) suggests replacing […]

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(L) Smartphone Addiction May Make You Depressed, Study Warns (2016)

March 3, 2016 | by: Marco Reina Today, mobile phones and that constant internet connection through smartphones are an integral part of our life. But, beware smartphone users! Excessive use of internet-embedded smartphones could take a toll on your mental health, warns a new study. Several previous studies have demonstrated a link between excessive smartphone […]

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Dismantling David Ley’s Response to Philip Zimbardo: “We Must Rely on Good Science in Porn Debate” (2016)

The following is YBOP’s response to David Ley’s Psychology Today blog post “We Must Rely on Good Science in Porn Debate (2016).” Ley’s post is his response to Philip Zimbardo’s Psychology Today blog post “Is Porn Good For Us or Bad For Us?” (2016). While Ley’s title says we must rely on “good science,” it […]

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