ANNA L. MEENAN, MD, University of Illinois College of Medicine at Rockford, Rockford, Illinois Am Fam Physician. 2007 Oct 15;76(8):1116-1117. Here is a scenario you may have seen in your office: a teenager or young adult, usually male, who is suddenly failing at life. He may be having anger problems, personality changes, and sleep or appetite changes. He […]
Clinical Psychology Review Volume 34, Issue 4, June 2014, Pages 298–308 Daniel L. King, Paul H. Delfabbro doi:10.1016/j.cpr.2014.03.006 Highlights We review 36 studies on Internet gaming disorder cognition IGD treatment studies employing CT tend to lack cognition-based measures. Four types of cognition may underlie Internet gaming disorder. Implications for criterion A of DSM-5 Internet […]
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Front. Behav. Neurosci., 11 February 2014 | Martin Zack1*, Robert E. Featherstone2, Sarah Mathewson3 and Paul J. Fletcher3 1Cognitive Psychopharmacology Laboratory, Neuroscience Department, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, ON, Canada 2Translational Neuroscience Program, Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA 3Biopsychology Section, Neuroscience Department, Centre for Addiction and […]
COMMENTS: Unique longitudinal study. Found that pathological gambling can lead to mood disorders, PTSD, anxiety, and other addictions, 3 years later. In other words, addiction can cause mood disorders, rather than mood disorders manifesting as addiction. We must be very cautious to assume that mood and mental problems are always pre-existing. Am J Epidemiol. 2011 […]
Harv Rev Psychiatry. 2015 Mar-Apr;23(2):134-46. doi: 10.1097/HRP.0000000000000051. Yau YH1, Potenza MN. Abstract Addiction professionals and the public are recognizing that certain nonsubstance behaviors–such as gambling, Internet use, video-game playing, sex, eating, and shopping–bear resemblance to alcohol and drug dependence. Growing evidence suggests that these behaviors warrant consideration as nonsubstance or “behavioral” addictions and has led […]
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Front Psychol. 2015 Apr 28;6:501. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2015.00501. Coëffec A1, Romo L2, Cheze N3, Riazuelo H4, Plantey S5, Kotbagi G6, Kern L7. Abstract Substance use as well as use of video games is frequent among young people. The purpose of this research was to study the links between the use of video games and the consumption […]
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Brain circuit that controls decisions that induce high anxiety identified Date: May 28, 2015 Source: Massachusetts Institute of Technology Summary: Some decisions arouse far more anxiety than others. Among the most anxiety-provoking are those that involve options with both positive and negative elements, such choosing to take a higher-paying job in a city far from […]
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Addiction. 2014 Sep;109(9):1566-7. doi: 10.1111/add.12547. Epub 2014 Apr 15. King DL1, Delfabbro PH. Internet gaming disorder (IGD) has long been characterized by inconsistencies in terminology, definition and assessment [1, 2]. We are largely in agreement, therefore, with many of Petry et al.’s [3] views on the need for consensus regarding the underlying meaning of the proposed […]
J Behav Addict. 2014 Sep; 3(3): 149–156. Published online 2014 Aug 26. doi: 10.1556/JBA.3.2014.019 KENNETH BLUM,1,3,7,* MARCELO FEBO,1 THOMAS MCLAUGHLIN,2 FRANS J. CRONJÉ,8 DAVID HAN,9 and S. MARK GOLD1,3 Author information ► Article notes ► Copyright and License information ► Go to: Abstract Background: Following the first association between the dopamine D2 receptor gene polymorphism […]
Eur Psychiatry. 2015 May 8. pii: S0924-9338(15)00088-7. doi: 10.1016/j.eurpsy.2015.04.002. Błachnio A1, Przepiórka A2, Pantic I3. Abstract Facebook has become a very popular social networking platform today, particularly among adolescents and young adults, profoundly changing the way they communicate and interact. However, some reports have indicated that excessive Facebook use might have detrimental effects on mental […]