Paraphilias are often viewed negatively as sexual deviancy. Although some paraphilias are illegal, most are harmless when they are engaged by consenting adults.
- Director of the International Gaming Research Unit and Professor of Behavioural Addiction, Nottingham Trent University
Some people believe their hand doesn’t belong to them. Others think bugs are crawling under their skin.
La dependencia emocional es “la nueva esclavitud del siglo XXI”. Se trata de una necesidad extrema de muestras de amor y contacto por parte de la pareja. Que crea adicción y perpetúa las relaciones violentas.
Los atracones se utilizan para resolver problemas emocionales a los que no somos capaces de enfrentarnos. Suelen ir acompañados de traumas previos y han aumentado durante la pandemia.
Le « binge-watching » peut devenir problématique. Il est associé à l’anxiété et à la dépression.
Problem binge-watching is associated with anxiety and depression.
As people social distance, a new social life and community can be found online.
Problem gambling among children has gone up, and it’s got everything to do with gambling-like features in video games.
The Labour Party’s promises are a start – but we need to go further. It’s a public health crisis.
Doctors aren’t trained to deal with problem gamblers despite the heavy toll on health this addiction takes.
There were 1.39m gambling ads on television in 2012.
Addiction au café, à l’alcool, à Internet ou au porno, le terme est galvaudé à tel point que les psys ne sont pas d’accord sur sa définition. Existe-t-il une personnalité définie par sa dépendance ?
Addicted to the internet? Perhaps not …
Drugs, coffee, television – they can all be described as ‘addictive’. But when do they become a problem?
A professor of behavioural addiction gives us his top tips for sticking to New Year’s resolutions
You are now three times less likely to win the big prize. So why don’t we run for the hills?
England face a high stakes game to stay in the World Cup, but pro-gamblers can help
Lottery winners are euphoric very briefly before they settle back to their normal level of happiness or unhappiness.
Parents could certainly do more to be aware of what their children are playing. But threatening letters are unlikely to help.
Whether playing video games has negative effects is something that has been debated for 30 years, in much the same way that rock and roll, television, and even the novel faced much the same criticisms…
The term “workaholism” has been around since the 1971 publication of Wayne Oates’ book Confessions of a Workaholic. But, despite increasing research into the idea, there is still no single concept of this…
Back in the early 1990s, I used to play the video game Tetris on my Nintendo Game Boy. I was really good at it – if I do say so myself – and I used to play for hours every day. When I went to bed I would…
Why are we so loyal to our national and club football teams? Whatever the results, we tend to support them week in week out, through thick and thin. They can cause us nothing but misery and heartache and…
If the many media reports are to be believed: “Sunshine can be addictive like heroin.” The claim comes via a study published in Cell based on an experiment carried out on mice at Harvard Medical School…
Given my academic background it may come as little surprise that when I gamble, I expect to lose in the long run. But, that is not to say that I don’t have some golden rules that I apply in gambling situations…
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