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Technology And Pornography Addiction: Three Leading Factors

Hands Off! – July 23, 2020 - Since pornography has moved from physical goods like video cassettes and magazines to digital media shared online, people no longer need to visit a store and speak with a salesperson to a... Read More...

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Study links addictive smartphone use to altered brain activity

Everything but actually talking – JULY 12, 2020 - “We employed functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) to investigate cue-related activity in individuals with smartphone addiction, as defined by validated psycho... Read More...

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Addiction recovery: telehealth has pros and cons

Or just cons? – June 25, 2020 - “It has made treatment available to some people who otherwise wouldn’t be able to get it because they’re in rural areas or far away, but it is lacking some of that in person inte... Read More...

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Man pursuing online idea to connect people to addiction recovery programs anytime

Innovate, don’t isolate – JUN 17, 2020 - The coronavirus pandemic gave Sanders a new perspective on how to reach people when 12-step meetings aren’t available. When Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s stay-at-home or... Read More...

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Experts say ‘overdose app’ not enough to save lives in opioid crisis

Canadian Optimism – June 12, 2020 - On its site, Lifegaurd Digital Health states that it, “has documented at least a dozen lives saved thus far.” And while the app may save some lives, experts caution that it won’... Read More...

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Digital First: Effects of social media addiction, “doomscrolling”

We rely on "doomscrolling" – June 10, 2020 - Licensed Clinical Social Worker for the State of Connecticut Sharry L. Woods told 22News, reading anything that doesn’t have to do with you can just be a way of distracti... Read More...

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Quarantine may lead to wider social media addiction

LIKE ME LIKE ME LIKE ME – April 2020 - One Rutgers student said that since going into quarantine, she spends an average of 5 hours a day on TikTok, calling it a never-ending hole of content. Although social isola... Read More...

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Psychiatrists Count on Teletherapy to Reach Isolated Patients

Face to FaceTime Therapy – April 9, 2020 - There are now also even fewer in-person treatment options for some of the most acutely mentally ill in New York, Muskin says; the psychiatric wards at Columbia, where ... Read More...

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America’s having a nervous breakdown. Can telemedicine fix it?

It Will Take More Than That – April 9, 2020 - For therapists, there’s an added challenge of building trust with their patients when there’s a digital barrier between them. “So much of counseling has to do... Read More...

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The Digital Burnout Was Coming. The Pandemic Is Expediting It

Fresh Air? – April 10, 2020 - A Love Story, out now, chronicles author Casey Schwartz’s lifelong obsession with humanity’s ability—or lack thereof—to focus, with an emphasis on how the shift to an “attent... Read More...

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Online Help to Stay Sober

Let Your Fingers Do the Walking – March 26, 2020 - The coronavirus pandemic has put severe stress on millions of people in recovery for substance use issues, as well as on friends and family who are trying to ... Read More...

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How Video Conferencing Saved My Sanity—And My Wardrobe

Some priorities don’t wear off – March 17, 2020 - And then the Zoom meeting request came from my boss. For those who don’t know, Zoom is essentially a group FaceTime, albeit a little more corporate and complic... Read More...

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The dangers of digital crack

Faux Childhoods? – January 29, 2020 - Never have we been more connected yet felt lonelier. While we realize that most of what we see on social media is staged, we are still compelled to make comparisons. It’s easy t... Read More...

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