
COMMENTS: A great overview of behavioral addictions. The theme is that substance and behavioral addictions share the same underlying neurological pathways, mechanisms, and behaviors.
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20 years ago, scientists got hooked on a single transcription factor that responds to a number of drugs of abuse. Will their work lead to treatments?
By Kerry Grens
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Here’s what forum members learned when they asked their urologists whether they need to ejaculate frequently to protect prostate health:
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There’s a strong meme out there that says, “Use it or lose it,” and when people have used porn heavily enough to squelch their erections, they fear to stop masturbating, thinking their lack of responsiveness will get worse. Or they think they need to “remind” their penises what to do by using porn to achieve […]
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Neuropsychopharmacology (2007) 32, 1678–1686; doi:10.1038/sj.npp.1301295; published online 3 January 2007, Martin Zack1,2,3 and Constantine X Poulos4, Correspondence: Dr M Zack, Clinical Neuroscience Section, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, 33 Russell Street, Toronto, ON, Canada M5S 2S1.
ABSTRACT
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Comments: As the conclusion states, erotica has the highest potential for ‘compulsive use.’ That’s code for ‘addiction.’
Meerkerk GJ, Van Den Eijnden RJ, Garretsen HF.
Cyberpsychol Behav. 2006 Feb;9(1):95-103. IVO, Addiction Research Institute, Rotterdam, The Netherlands. [email protected]
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Comments: One of the better articles about dopamine.
By NATALIE ANGIER, New York Times
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Aviv Weinstein, Ph.D. and Michel Lejoyeux, Ph.D.,The American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse, Early Online:1–7, 2010
Excerpts from full study
INTRODUCTION
Problem Definition
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Can’t stop devouring junk food?
How drug addictions, unhealthy food cravings are similar
By: Victoria Stern 04/29/10
Examiner Columnist
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COMMENTS: Study shows that a natural reinforcer – sugar – can cause the same effects as an addictive drug: dependence, tolerance, and withdrawal. Sugar caused changes in dopamine function—that is, dopamine dysregulation.
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