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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Should compulsive sexual behavior be considered an addiction? (2016)

COMMENTS: This paper was published under the “Debate” category in the journal ‘Addiction‘. Its main weakness is that it purports to address compulsive sexual behavior (CSB), an umbrella term that covers everything sexual. For example, “CSB” can encompass hypersexuality or “sex addiction” and may include such behaviors as serial infidelity or acting out with prostitutes. […]

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