Biomedical physics & engineering express
Oct 29, 2025
Internet Gaming Disorder (IGD), Gaming Disorder (GD), and Internet Addiction represent behavioral patterns with significant psychological and neurological consequences. Affected individuals often disengage from routine activities and exhibit distress...
BACKGROUND: In Germany, there are still many young people with gaming disorder (GD) who do not use or cannot access existing treatment services. Given the increasing prevalence of internet use disorders and GD, especially among young people in German...
BACKGROUND: The stigmatisation of gamblers, particularly those with a gambling disorder, and self-stigmatisation are considered substantial barriers to seeking help and treatment. To develop effective strategies to reduce the stigma associated with g...
BACKGROUND: In recent years, there has been a rapid increase in the use of the internet and social media. Billions of people worldwide use social media and spend an average of 2.2 h a day on these platforms. At the same time, artificial intelligence ...
Excessive Smartphone Use (ESU) poses a significant challenge in contemporary society, yet its recognition as a distinct disorder remains ambiguous. This study aims to address this gap by leveraging functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) data an...
AIMS: Alcohol cravings are considered a major factor in relapse among individuals with alcohol use disorder (AUD). This study aims to investigate the frequency and triggers of cravings in the daily lives of people with alcohol-related issues. Large a...
The use of machine learning techniques to identify problem gamblers has been widely established. However, existing methods often rely on self-reported labeling, such as temporary self-exclusion or account closure. In this study, we propose a novel ap...
BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Gaming disorder [GD] risk has been associated with the way gamers bond with their visual representation (i.e., avatar) in the game-world. More specifically, a gamer's relationship with their avatar has been shown to provide relia...
Drawing a distinction between mobile and non-mobile Internet Use Disorders is an important step to clarify blurred current concepts in the field of behavioral addictions. Similarly, future technological advances related to virtual or augmented realit...
Internet gaming disorder (IGD), a worldwide mental health issue, has been widely studied using neuroimaging techniques during the last decade. Although dysfunctions in resting-state functional connectivity have been reported in IGD, mapping relations...
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