Internet and Video Game Addictions: Diagnosis, Epidemiology, and Neurobiology.

In the past 2 decades, there has been substantial increase in availability and use of digital technologies, including the Internet, computer games, smart phones, and social media. Behavioral addiction to use of technologies spawned a body of related research. The recent inclusion of Internet gaming disorder as a condition for further study in the DSM-V invigorated a new wave of researchers, thereby expanding our understanding of these conditions.

Media Engagement and Identity Formation Among Minority Youth.

Clinicians who work with youth should understand how they engage with screen media, including differences between ethnic groups, and how to maximize its positive potential and minimize negative consequences. This article presents data summarizing patterns of media use by youth, with an emphasis on European Americans, African Americans, and Hispanic Americans. The authors explain how identity formation and social identity theory relate to online influences, benefits, and risks of online engagement, including those specific to minority populations.

Geeks, Fandoms, and Social Engagement.

The Internet changed the way the global community interacts and communicates. This cultural shift allows like-minded individuals to connect and share ideas. It creates spaces for stigmatized communities to gather in a virtual presence.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Chronic Pain-One Therapeutic Approach for the Opioid Epidemic.

Opioids are frequently prescribed for chronic pain. For the past 2 decades, long-term opioid analgesic therapy was considered the cornerstone of effective pain management for chronic nonmalignant conditions, despite a lack of documented effectiveness and safety, with the attendant risk of addiction, overdose, and death. Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) may be used effectively to treat chronic pain, either as a stand-alone treatment or with other nonopioid pharmacological treatments.

Mindfulness-based interventions for chronic pain: Evidence and applications.

Chronic pain is estimated to occur in from 5.5% to 33% of the world's adult population (Gureje et al., 1998).

Effect of relocation after a natural disaster in Armenia: 20-year follow-up.

Background: This study is a 20-year follow-up of individual's relocated from their home after the devastating earthquake in Armenia in 1988.

Methods: Ninety-seven subjects who were exposed to the earthquake and thirty-seven subjects who were not exposed to the earthquake were administered the Symptom Checklist-90-R (SCL 90) and the UCLA PTSD Reaction in 2008. The exposed subjects comprised three groups: subjects who stayed in the earthquake city; those who relocated and returned; and a group who left permanently but were visiting family at the time of the study.

When the Opioid Medications Go Missing: Confidentiality and Safety in Adolescents.

Patients receiving end-of-life or palliative care usually possess an ample supply of opioid pain medications to help alleviate their pain. The risk of these drugs being diverted is high because such patients often have an excess of these medications, and because they are typically unable to manage medications themselves. For example, adolescents might steal these medications for recreational use.

Predictors of custody and visitation decisions by a family court clinic.

Children's psychological adjustment following parental separation or divorce is a function of the characteristics of the custodial parent, as well as the degree of postdivorce parental cooperation. Over time, custody has shifted from fathers to mothers and currently to joint arrangements. In this retrospective chart review of family court clinic records we examined predictors of custody and visitation.