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Addicted to ‘addiction’?: Commentary on… Shopping Addiction and Internet Sex Addiction [PDF]
SummaryThe expansion of the concept of addiction to include non-chemical dependency, and the proposed reclassification of substance-related disorders in DSM-5 under ‘substance use and addictive disorders' are developments that require cautious appraisal.
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Background The success of continuing professional development (CPD) programs that foster skills in lifelong learning (LLL) has been well established.
Sanjeev Sockalingam+5 more
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The Smartphone Addiction Scale: Development and Validation of a Short Version for Adolescents
Objective This study was designed to investigate the revised and short version of the smartphone addiction scale and the proof of its validity in adolescents.
Min Kwon, D. Kim, H. Cho, Soo Yang
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Is Sex Addiction an Addiction?
In the past decade or so there has been a development for the addiction paradigm to be applied to sexual behaviors. An increasing number of people are reporting excessive thoughts or behavior that is sexual in nature, and that they claim causes them suffering. They attribute this suffering as sex "addiction" [1].
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Methodological and conceptual limitations in exercise addiction research [PDF]
The aim of this brief analytical review is to highlight and disentangle research dilemmas in the field of exercise addiction. Research examining exercise addiction is primarily based on self-reports, obtained by questionnaires (incorporating ...
Attila Szaboa+5 more
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The unpredictably eruptive dynamics of spruce budworm populations in eastern Canada
We examine historical population data for spruce budworm from several locations through the period 1930–1997, and use density‐dependent recruitment curves to test whether the pattern of population growth over time is more consistent with Royama's (1984; Ecological Monographs 54:429–462) linear R(t) model of harmonic oscillation at Green River New ...
Barry J. Cooke, Jacques Régnière
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Background Medication for addiction treatment (MAT) has received much attention in recent years for treating individuals with opioid use disorders (OUD). However, these medications have been significantly underused among particular subgroups.
Charles J. Neighbors+5 more
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The prescription opioid and heroin crisis: a public health approach to an epidemic of addiction.
Public health authorities have described, with growing alarm, an unprecedented increase in morbidity and mortality associated with use of opioid pain relievers (OPRs).
Andrew J. Kolodny+6 more
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Network topology drives population temporal variability in experimental habitat networks
Habitat patches connected by dispersal pathways form habitat networks. We explored how network topology affects population outcomes in laboratory experiments using a model species (Daphnia carinata). Central habitat nodes in complex lattice networks exhibited lower temporal variability in population sizes, suggesting they support more stable ...
Yiwen Xu+3 more
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Public health impact of a novel smoking cessation outreach program in Ontario, Canada
Background Provision of evidence-based smoking cessation treatment may contribute to health disparities if barriers to treatment are greater for more disadvantaged groups.
Peter Selby+5 more
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