Citation: Translational Psychiatry (2015) 5, e624; doi:10.1038/tp.2015.106 Published online 25 August 2015 J-W Chun1, J Choi1, H Cho1, S-K Lee2 and D J Kim1 1Department of Psychiatry, Seoul St Mary’s Hospital, The Catholic University of Korea College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea 2Department of Psychiatry, Hallym University College of Medicine, Chuncheon Sacred Heart Hospital, Chuncheon, Korea Correspondence: Professor DJ Kim, Department of Psychiatry, […]
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Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2004 May 25; 101(21): 8174–8179. Published online 2004 May 17. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0402680101 PMCID: PMC419576 Neuroscience Nitin Gogtay,*† Jay N. Giedd,* Leslie Lusk,* Kiralee M. Hayashi,‡ Deanna Greenstein,* A. Catherine Vaituzis,* Tom F. Nugent, III,* David H. Herman,* Liv S. Clasen,* Arthur W. Toga,‡ Judith L. Rapoport,* and Paul […]
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Curr Psychiatry Rep. 2015 Sep;17(9):609. doi: 10.1007/s11920-015-0609-6. Shams TA1, Foussias G, Zawadzki JA, Marshe VS, Siddiqui I, Müller DJ, Wong AH. Abstract Video games are now a ubiquitous form of entertainment that has occasionally attracted negative attention. Video games have also been used to test cognitive function, as therapeutic interventions for neuropsychiatric disorders, and to […]
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Front Psychiatry. 2014; 5: 164. Published online 2014 Nov 19. doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2014.00164 PMCID: PMC4237037 Marc N. Potenza1,* and Carlos M. Grilo2 Author information ► Article notes ► Copyright and License information ► This article has been cited by other articles in PMC. Cravings represent strong motivational states that are characterized by intense desires typically relating […]
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Is porn bad for the brain? The Savvy Psychologist explains 3 studies that looked at how we process porn and other sexualized images, and reveals the potential effects on the brain—and on how we see our fellow men and women A recent neurology study found that the more porn a man watched, the less gray […]
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COMMENTS: A study on men (average age 41.5) with hypersexuality disorders, such as paraphilias and chronic masturbation or adultery. 27 were classified as “avoidant masturbators,” meaning they masturbated (typically with porn use) one or more hours per day or more than 7 hours per week. 71% of these porn addicts reported sexual functioning problems, with […]
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J Youth Adolesc. 2015 Jul 25. Doornwaard SM1, van den Eijnden RJ, Baams L, Vanwesenbeeck I, Ter Bogt TF. LINK TO FULL STUDY Abstract Although a growing body of literature addresses the effects of young people’s use of sexually explicit Internet material, research on the compulsive use of this type of online content among adolescents […]
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Behav. Sci. 2015, 5(3), 372-383; doi:10.3390/bs5030372 Kyle Faust 1,* and David Faust 1,2 1 Department of Psychology, University of Rhode Island, 10 Chafee Road, Kingston, RI 02881, USA; E-Mail: [email protected] 2 Alpert Medical School, Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Brown University, Box G-A1, Providence, RI 02912, USA * Author to whom correspondence should be […]
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This is just one of millions of stories, and not the most extreme I’ve seen on here. I’m committing this to paper mostly for me, but putting it here because it might help someone else. I’ve been watching porn since around the end of middle school/beginning of high school (2006 or 2007-ish), and was a […]
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Ever wondered why you’re getting so many colds? Researchers say it could be due to spending too long online Scientists from Swansea Uni have found that excessive internet users may get ill more often as excessive internet use can damage people’s immune function. The study evaluated 500 people aged 18 to 101 years old. It […]
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