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Conclusion Nurturing the Sapling
Published in Joan Ifland, Marianne T. Marcus, Harry G. Preuss, Processed Food Addiction: Foundations, Assessment, and Recovery, 2017
Joan Ifland, Harry G. Preuss, Marianne T. Marcus
The three stages of the addiction cycle are pervasive and form common domains in non-drug addictions, also known as process addictions (Smith DE 2012) such as pathological gambling, binge-eating disorder, compulsive buying, and internet addiction disorder (Koob GF 2013). Non-drug addictions elaborate self-regulation failures similarly to drug addictions, with transitions from impulsivity to compulsivity and a chronic relapsing trajectory. (Koob & Volkow, 2016)
Cybersex addiction in a gay man: a case report
Published in Journal of Addictive Diseases, 2021
Valentin Skryabin, Mikhail Zastrozhin, Egor Chumakov
Recent research revealed that over the past three decades, gay and bisexual men have rapidly taken to using the Internet for sexual purposes. These uses include sexual health information seeking, finding sex partners, dating, pornography, and cybersex.24 Cybersex comprises a variety of activities, including watching pornography, engaging in sex chats, using sex webcams, searching for sexual partners, or engaging in 3D sexual role playing.25 Among these, the most popular activity is watching pornography, especially for men,26–28 with an infinite number of sexual scenarios immediately accessible.29 The most common reasons for cybersex popularity are its low cost, easy access, and a wide variety of activities and content available.30 In most cases, cybersex is unproblematic and does not associate with any negative consequences, but in a small but significant subgroup of individuals, it can become excessive and affect their lives significantly.25 Cybersex addiction, or Internet sex addiction, has been proposed as a sexual addiction characterized by virtual Internet sexual activity that causes serious negative consequences to one’s physical, mental, social, and/or financial well-being, and may also be considered a subset of the theorized Internet addiction disorder.31
The impact of Internet use during COVID-19 lockdown in Rwanda: a potential public health threat
Published in Journal of Addictive Diseases, 2021
Research has showed that, potentially addictive behaviors such as online materials on sex and social networking by means of e-mail and messaging, or surfing on Internet, and online gaming are not necessarily problems.8,9 For most people use of the Internet appears to be adaptive and may reduce loneliness, and may alleviate [a]depressed mood10 similarly; potentially addictive behaviors are less harmful than other potential behaviors that are displayed while coping with stress easing a depressed mood, such as alcohol and other drugs use.11 Internet use among children and adolescents may be relatively inexpensive for those already owning smart phones, tablets and laptop even if they are still expensive to some individual households. However, it is important to acknowledge that excessive use of the Internet may not always be beneficial and may pose some risks for vulnerable individuals like children and adolescents with psychological disorders. Beard proposes some diagnostic criteria in the identification of Internet Addiction Disorder in general population: (i) the population is preoccupied with the Internet: they think about previous online activity or anticipate next online session; (ii) they need to use the the Internet with increased amounts of time to gain satisfaction; (iii) they have made unsuccessful efforts to control, cut back, or stop Internet use; (iv) the population is restless, moody, depressed, or irritable when attempting to cut down or stop Internet use; (v) they stay longer online than intended.
Can pharmacotherapy play a role in treating internet addiction disorder?
Published in Expert Opinion on Pharmacotherapy, 2019
Krzysztof Łukawski, Marta Rusek, Stanisław J. Czuczwar
Tremendous progress of Internet technology is observed, therefore there is a rising number of Internet users. According to the International Telecommunication Union, at the end of 2018, 51.2% of the global population will be using the Internet [1]. Internet Addiction Disorder (IAD) refers to the problematic use of the Internet, including different aspects of its technology, which affects everyday behavior [2], causing health and social problems [3]. Young has proposed the diagnostic criteria for IAD [4], however, the classification is still controversial and it has not been included in The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition yet. It is characterized by mood changes, the inability to control the time spent with digital technology, symptoms of withdrawal and distress, a diminished family and social life, and the adverse work [5].