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Advances in Problematic Usage of the Internet Research – A Narrative Review by Experts from the European Network for Problematic Usage of the Internet
(2022-10-30)
Global concern about problematic usage of the internet (PUI), and its public health and societal costs, continues to grow, sharpened in focus under the privations of the COVID-19 pandemic. This narrative review reports the ...
Online Behaviours during the COVID-19 Pandemic and Their Associations with Psychological Factors: An International Exploratory Study
(2022-07)
This cross-sectional study aimed to explore specific online behaviours and their association with a range of underlying psychological and other behavioural factors during the COVID-19 pandemic. Eight countries (Italy, ...
An international cross-sectional investigation on social media, fitspiration content exposure, and related risks during the COVID-19 self-isolation period
(2022-04)
With the global COVID-19 pandemic, governments from many countries in the world implemented various restrictions to prevent the SARS-Cov-2 virus's spread, including social distancing measures, quarantine, in-home lockdown, ...
Problematic use of the internet during the COVID-19 pandemic: Good practices and mental health recommendations
(2021-10-23)
With the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic and the accelerated spread of the SARS-CoV-2 virus came jurisdictional limitations on mobility of citizens and distinct alterations in their daily routines. Confined to their homes, ...
Exploring the Relationship Between Mental Well-Being, Exercise Routines, and the Intake of Image and Performance Enhancing Drugs During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pandemic : A Comparison Across Sport Disciplines
(2021-07-06)
Introduction: Physical distancing under the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic had a significant impact on lifestyles, including exercise routines. In this study, we examined the relationship between mental health ...
Exercise and Use of Enhancement Drugs at the Time of the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Multicultural Study on Coping Strategies During Self-isolation and Related Risks
(2021-03-10)
Introduction: Little is known about the impact of restrictive measures during the COVID-19 pandemic on self-image and engagement in exercise and other coping strategies alongside the use of image and performance-enhancing ...
Learning to Deal with Problematic Usage of the Internet
(COST action CA16907 and ICOCS (the International College of Obsessive Compulsive Spectrum Disorders), 2020-10-22)
An easily accessible guide for patients, caregivers, family members, and health care professionals presenting a state of the art overview of Problematic Use of the Internet. Ever since its development in the early 1990’s, ...
Preventing problematic internet use during the COVID-19 pandemic: Consensus guidance
(2020-07)
As a response to the COVID-19 pandemic, many governments have introduced steps such as spatial distancing and "staying at home" to curb its spread and impact. The fear resulting from the disease, the 'lockdown' situation, ...
Novel psychoactive substances (NPS) – knowledge and experiences of drug users from Hungary, Poland, the UK and the USA
(2020-02-18)
Dopamine D 3 receptor partial agonists represent a new generation of atypical antipsychotics. Cariprazine, which has received centralized market authorization from the European Medicines Agency in 2017 for the treatment ...