UPDATES: Article – Research confirms enormous rise in youthful ED. This page contains articles and interviews involving over 150 experts (urology professors, urologists, psychiatrists, psychologists, sexologists, MDs) who acknowledge and have successfully treated porn-induced sexual dysfunctions. List of over 110 studies supporting this article: Studies reporting links between porn use or porn/sex addiction and sexual […]
Psychopharmacology (Berl). 2012 Jan;219(2):469-90. doi: 10.1007/s00213-011-2550-7. Epub 2011 Nov 5. Leeman RF, Potenza MN. Similarities and Differences between Pathological Gambling and Substance Use Disorders: A Focus on Impulsivity and Compulsivity Robert F. Leeman*,1 and Marc N. Potenza1,2 Author information ► Copyright and License information ► The publisher’s final edited version of this article is available […]
Neuroimage. 2012 Oct 15;63(1):40-6. doi: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2012.06.067. Epub 2012 Jul 6. Clark L, Stokes PR, Wu K, Michalczuk R, Benecke A, Watson BJ, Egerton A, Piccini P, Nutt DJ, Bowden-Jones H, Lingford-Hughes AR. Source Department of Experimental Psychology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK. [email protected] Abstract Pathological gambling (PG) is a behavioural addiction associated with elevated impulsivity […]
Addiction. 2013 May;108(5):953-63. doi: 10.1111/add.12066. Epub 2013 Jan 3. Boileau I, Payer D, Chugani B, Lobo D, Behzadi A, Rusjan PM, Houle S, Wilson AA, Warsh J, Kish SJ, Zack M. Source Addiction Imaging Research Group, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, ON, Canada. [email protected] Abstract AIMS: Pathological gambling (PG) shares diagnostic features with […]
COMMENTS; This is a good article, but just to clarify: www.yourbrainonporn.com and my TEDx talk are about excessive Internet pornography use, not masturbation. I did not create r/nofap or any other forum. Over 70,000 men have signed up to an online forum vowing to give up online porn and masturbation for at least three months, […]
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Comments: This study is from the Journal of Adolescent Health. The subjects mean age of was 19.5. In 1948 Kinsey reported ED rates of 3% for men under 45, and less than 1% for men 20 and under. Study: Sexual dysfunctions among young men: prevalence and associated factors. J Adolesc Health. 2012 Jul;51(1):25-31. doi: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2012.01.008. […]
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Comments: New Italian study finds that 25% of new patients with severe erectile dysfunction are under 40. THE CONCLUSIONS: This exploratory analysis showed that one in four patients seeking first medical help for new onset ED was younger than 40 years. Almost half of the young men suffered from severe ED, with comparable rates in […]
Do violent video games such as ‘Mortal Kombat,’ ‘Halo’ and ‘Grand Theft Auto’ trigger teenagers with symptoms of depression or attention deficit disorder to become aggressive bullies or delinquents? No, according to Christopher Ferguson of Stetson University and independent researcher Cheryl Olson from the US in a study published in Springer’s Journal of Youth and […]
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Trends Cogn Sci. 2011 Mar;15(3):132-9. doi: 10.1016/j.tics.2010.12.005. FULL STUDY Heatherton TF, Wagner DD. Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, 6207 Moore Hall, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH 03755, USA. [email protected] Abstract Self-regulatory failure is a core feature of many social and mental health problems. Self-regulation can be undermined by failures to transcend overwhelming temptations, negative moods […]
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COMMENTS: Explains the differences between stress induced deltafosb induction and deltafosb induction that sensitizes the nucleus accumbens Biol Psychiatry. 2012 Jan 1;71(1):44-50. doi: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2011.08.011. Epub 2011 Sep 29. Muschamp JW, Nemeth CL, Robison AJ, Nestler EJ, Carlezon WA Jr. Source Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, McLean Hospital, 115 Mill Street, Belmont, MA 02478, USA. […]