Links to Articles

Information below can be found on Physicians for Safe Technology website.

• Addiction Questionnaire– Problematic Internet Use Screening Scale (PRIUSS). http://mediad.publicbroadcasting.net/p/kplu/files/201502/PRIUSS_scale_and_guidelines.pdf
• Tristan Harris on Persuasive Technology. – US Senate Hearings, June 25, 2019. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WQMuxNiYoz4&amp=&feature=youtu.be
• These are the sneaky ways apps like Instagram, Facebook, Tinder lure you in and get you ‘addicted.’ Feb 17, 2018. https://www.businessinsider.com/how-app-developers- keep-us-addicted-to-our-smartphones-2018-1
• Internet Addiction: Symptoms, Evaluation, and Treatment . Kimberly Young. 1999. http://netaddiction.com/articles/symptoms.pdf
• How information is like snacks, money, and drugs—to your brain. Laura Counts. June 19, 2019. https://newsroom.haas.berkeley.edu/how-information-is-like-snacks- money-and-drugs-to-your-brain/
• Screening for Adolescent Problematic Internet Use: Validation of the Problematic and Risky Internet Use Screening Scale (PRIUSS). (2015) https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26547545
• Online Gaming Is South Korea’s Most Popular Drug. Jan6, 2014. https://www.vice.com/da/article/4w7wdm/online-gaming-is-south-koreas-most-popular- drug
• South Korea’s lost generation of gamers offer a preview of what’s to come. https://thenextweb.com/gaming/2018/11/13/south-koreas-lost-generation-of-gamers-are- a-preview-of-whats-to-come/Cash H. Internet Addiction: A Brief Summary of Research and Practice. Curr Psychiatry Rev. 2012 Nov; 8(4): 292–298. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3480687/
• Internet Addiction Disorder Signs, symptoms, diagnosis, and treatments for those who may be addicted to the Web on their PC or smart phone. Christina Gregory PhD. https://www.psycom.net/iadcriteria.html
• I was absorbed in pornography for hours and hours’: How porn is affecting kids. Chicago Tribune.Darcel Rockett APRIL 3, 2018. https://www.chicagotribune.com/lifestyles/parenting/sc-fam-porn-addiction-in-youth- 0417-story.html
• Internet addiction: Stanford study seeks to define whether it’s a problem. Stanford Medicine News Center. Oct 17, 2006. https://med.stanford.edu/news/all- news/2006/10/internet-addiction-stanford-study-seeks-to-define-whether-its-a- problem.html
• Video Game Addiction Statistics. The Recovery Village. https://www.therecoveryvillage.com/process-addiction/video-game- addiction/related/gaming-addiction-statistics/#gref
• South Korea’s lost generation of gamers offer a preview of what’s to come. Bryan Clark. Nov 13, 2018. https://thenextweb.com/gaming/2018/11/13/south-koreas-lost- generation-of-gamers-are-a-preview-of-whats-to-come/
• Aboujaoude E et al. Potential markers for problematic internet use: a telephone survey of 2,513 adults. CNS Spectr. 2006 Oct;11(10):750-5. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17008818
• Alarcon R et al. (2019) Online Porn Addiction: What We Know and What We Don’t—A Systematic Review. J Clin Med. 2019 Jan; 8(1): 91. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6352245/
• He M, Wang A. Investigation and research on college students’ internet game addiction and its countermeasure. Sci Technol Vision 2019;9:140–1.
• Kim H. Component Model of Addiction Treatment: A Pragmatic Transdiagnostic Treatment Model of Behavioral and Substance Addictions. Frontiers of Medicine. 2018; 9: 406. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6127248/
• Ko CH et al. The association between Internet addiction and psychiatric disorder: a review of the literature. (2012) Eur Psychiatry. 2012 Jan;27(1):1-
  8. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22153731
• Kobayashi K and Hsu M.  Common neural code for reward and information value.. PNAS. June 25, 2019 116 (26) 13061-13066; June 25, 2019 116 (26) 13061-13066 ; https://www.pnas.org/content/116/26/13061
• Kormas G et al. Risk factors and psychosocial characteristics of potential problematic and problematic internet use among adolescents: a cross-sectional study. (2011) BMC Public Health. 2011 Jul 27;11:595. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21794167
• Lam LT and Wong EM. Stress moderates the relationship between problematic Internet use by parents and problematic Internet use by adolescents. (2015) Journal of Adolescent Health. 2015 Mar;56(3):300-6. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25703319
• Mosher D. High Wired: Does Addictive Internet Use Restructure the Brain?Scientific American. Une 17, 2011. https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/does- addictive-internet-use-restructure-brain/
• Pinna E et al. Behavioural addictions and the transition from DSM-IV-TR to DSM-5 . University of Milan. https://www.jpsychopathol.it/wp- content/uploads/2015/12/12_Art_ORIGINALE_Pinna1.pdf
• Young K. Cognitive Behavior Therapy with Internet Addicts: Treatment Outcomes and Implications. Cyber Psychology and Behavior. Oct 10, 2017. https://www.liebertpub.com/doi/abs/10.1089/cpb.2007.9971
• Zhang J. Does cognitive-behavioral therapy reduce internet addiction? Protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis. Medicine. Sept 2019. https://journals.lww.com/md- journal/Fulltext/2019/09200/Does_cognitive_behavioral_therapy_reduce_internet.81.asp x
• Introduction to Behavioral Addictions. Jon E. Grant,  (2010) https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3164585/
• Non-substance addictive behaviors in the context of DSM-5. (2014) Marc N. Potenza, MD, PhD. Addict Behav. 2014 Jan; 39(1): 10. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3858502/
• Internet gaming addiction: current perspectives. (2013) Daria J Kuss. Psychol Res Behav Manag. 2013; 6: 125–137. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3832462/
• Treatment outcomes in patients with internet addiction: a clinical pilot study on the effects of a cognitive-behavioral therapy program. (2014) Wölfling K.  Biomed Res Int. 2014;2014:425924
• Internet addiction: Stanford study seeks to define whether it’s a problem.( 2006) https://med.stanford.edu/news/all-news/2006/10/internet-addiction-stanford-study-seeks-to-define-whether-its-a-problem.html
• Prevalence and Predictors of Video Game Addiction: A Study Based on a National Representative Sample of Gamers. (2016)  Wittek et al. . Int J Ment Health Addict. 2016; 14(5): 672–686. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5023737/

Addiction and Grey and White Matter Structural Changes

• Gray Matters: Too Much Screen Time Damages the Brain. Psychology Today. Dr.Victoria Dunckley. Feb 27, 2014. https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/mental-wealth/201402/gray-matters-too-much-screen-time-damages-the-brain
• Hong (2013) Decreased Functional Brain Connectivity in Adolescents with Internet Addiction. Hong SB et al. PLOS One. Feb 23, 2013. https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0057831
• Hutton JS et al. Associations Between Screen-Based Media Use and Brain White Matter Integrity in Preschool-Aged Children. (2019) JAMA Pediatrics. 2019 Nov 4:e193869. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31682712
• Lin (2011)-Abnormal White Matter Integrity in Adolescents with Internet Addiction Disorder: A Tract-Based Spatial Statistics Study. Lin F et al. PLOS ONE. Oct 4, 2011. https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0030253
• Wang (2016) Altered Gray Matter Volume and White Matter Integrity in College Students with Mobile Phone Dependence. Wang Y et al. Front Psychol. 2016; 7: 597. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4855531/
• Weng (2012) A voxel-based morphometric analysis of brain gray matter in online game addicts]. Weng CB et al. Zhonghua Yi Xue ZA Zhi. 2012 Dec 4;92(45):3221-3. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23328472
• Weng (2013) Gray matter and white matter abnormalities in online game addiction. Weng CB et al. European Journal of Radiology. August 2013. Vol 82. Issue 2, Pg 1308- 1312. https://www.ejradiology.com/article/S0720-048X%2813%2900073-9/abstract
• Yuan (2011) Microstructure Abnormalities in Adolescents with Internet Addiction Disorder. Yuan K et al. PLOS One. June 3, 2011. https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0020708
• Zhou (2011)Gray matter abnormalities in Internet addiction: A voxel-based morphometry study. Zhou Y et al. European Journal of Radiology. July 2011. Vol 79. Issue 1, Pg 92-95. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/19926237/