An anonymous reader quotes Fortune: The battle against gaming addiction entered a new era this week when the U.K. public health system, the National Health Service (NHS), announced the opening of its first center specializing in ‘Internet and Gaming Disorders….’ Starting in November, the London-based center’s psychiatrists and clinical psychologists will work with patients between ages 13 and 25 whose lives…
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Cannabis extract may work as a treatment for cannabis addiction
An extract from cannabis called cannabidiol or CBD helped some people who were addicted to smoking the drug quit Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2219745-cannabis-extract-may-work-as-a-treatment-for-cannabis-addiction/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…
Consumer Expert Argues Tech Addiction Is The User’s Responsibility
In 2014 consumer expert and Silicon Valley startup founder Nir Eyal wrote Hooked: How to Build Habit-Forming Products. But five years later, the New York Times reports he’s offering consumers a new book about how to resist those habits — even while arguing that “addiction” is the wrong way to describe technology’s hold on people: There was a problem, yes, but…
Montreal Law Firm Looks To Launch Class-Action Lawsuit Against Fortnite Developer
Dave Knott writes: A Montreal legal firm has requested authorization to launch a class-action lawsuit against Epic Games, makers of the widely-popular video game Fortnite. The legal notice, filed on behalf of two minors, likens the effect of the game to cocaine, saying it releases the chemical dopamine to the brain of vulnerable young people who can become dependent on playing….
Herbert Kleber helped bring evidence-based treatment to drug addiction
Herbert Kleber, the subject of today’s Google doodle, was a US psychiatrist who played a leading role in transforming attitudes to and the treatment of addiction Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2218185-herbert-kleber-helped-bring-evidence-based-treatment-to-drug-addiction/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…
Dr Herbert Kleber brought evidence-based treatment to drug addiction
Herbert Kleber, the subject of today’s Google doodle, was a US psychiatrist who played a leading role in transforming attitudes to and the treatment of addiction Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2218185-dr-herbert-kleber-brought-evidence-based-treatment-to-drug-addiction/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…
Brain Research On Boys’ Preference For Video Games and Girls’ For Social Media
An anonymous reader quotes a report from The Wall Street Journal: Many parents of both boys and girls have witnessed striking differences in the way their kids use technology, with their sons generally gravitating to video games and their daughters often spending more of their screen time scrolling through social media. Emerging research indicates that brain differences between males and females…
What makes us addicts? Judith Grisel is determined to find out
After experiencing addiction herself, neuroscientist Judith Grisel wants to know what makes some people more prone to it than others Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg24332461-800-what-makes-us-addicts-judith-grisel-is-determined-to-find-out/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…
Social Media Stress Can Lead To Social Media Addiction, Study Finds
An anonymous reader quotes a report from ScienceDaily: Social networking sites (SNS) such as Facebook and Instagram are known to cause stress in users, known as technostress from social media. However, when faced with such stress, instead of switching off or using them less, people are moving from one aspect of the social media platforms to another — escaping the causes…
Seattle Has Figured Out How To End the War On Drugs
Nicholas Kristof writes in an opinion piece for The New York Times about Seattle’s “bold approach to narcotics that should be a model for America.” Instead of being prosecuted for being caught with small amounts of drugs, that person is steered toward social services to get help. “In effect, Seattle is decriminalizing the use of hard drugs,” writes Kristof. “It is…