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Know before you speak – Why etiquette is important

Friday, February 5th, 2010

You know, I try to write this blog from a completely objective point of you, but guess what - I'm a person, so things take on a personal tone once in a while. There's nothing I hate more than readers who come to this site, read a single post, and then ...

The many different options to getting sex addiction help

Thursday, November 26th, 2009

Contributing co-author: Andrew Chen We've already talked about the fact that sex addiction (or love addiction) is defined by the inability to regulate sexual behavior despite negative consequences. We also mentioned already that it affects millions of Americans. Addictive sexual behaviors can range from compulsive masturbation and porn watching, to compulsive cheating, ...

Body image and medicalization: Socially relevant addictions beyond drug use

Tuesday, August 4th, 2009

Co- author: Jamie Felzer We know that addiction can go beyond drug use, but are we becoming addicted to making our bodies perfect? This recent trend is a dual-headed addiction, one that is both physical and social.  In many ways, people are now able to change aspects of their being that were ...

More money more problems? Rich teens and drugs

Sunday, May 3rd, 2009

Teens raised in affluent homes display the highest rates of depression, anxiety, and substance abuse according to a recent article in Monitor on Psychology, the APA's monthly magazine. One of our recent posts dealt with some of the issues unique to teens and drugs. In addition to the issues we'd already ...

They do it in the movies!!! Smoking, teens, and being cool

Friday, November 7th, 2008

Contributing co-author: Jamie Felzer Celebrities get their fair share of flack for inappropriate behavior on screen. Only recently, research regarding the effects of onscreen violence, even in cartoons, making youngsters act more aggressively made some serious noise. So what about smoking? If kids see their favorite stars smoking cigarettes in films, ...

Duchovny Sex Addiction Treatment Stint

Friday, August 29th, 2008

David Duchovny just entered a rehab center for sex-addiction. No, we didn't coordinate the actor's entry, but it comes at a very opportune time as were going to put-up a new sex-addiction-treatment post tomorrow. Check back in tomorrow for a reading on some of the most popular treatment methods for sex-addicts.

The ebb and flow of concern

Wednesday, August 20th, 2008

One of the things about keeping a blog like this, one that is concerned mainly with a specific topic, is that you get to see how people's interest in that topic changes. This blog gets a flood of hits when a celebrity like Britney Spears or Lindsay Lohan gets arrested for ...

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