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Video Game Addiction - The Case for Mobile Gaming
Mobile gaming addiction is a serious issue. The craving and reward feelings that occur from gaming are no different than drug and gambling addictio ...
Raised on a Diet of Internet Porn: The Neurological Consequences of Long-term Addiction
This presentation was given at the 2016 Coalition to End Sexual Exploitation Summit in Houston, TX, hosted by The National Center on Sexual Exploit ...
Understanding Sexual Abuse: A Guide for Ministry Leaders and Survivors
It is said that the true test of a society is how it treats its most vulnerable members. As many as one in four girls and one in six boys experienc ...
The Unspoken Gospel: Living Faith Beyond Borders
Ellen Janzen writes about creating friendships that cross the cultural conventions that we all take for granted—cross cultural friendship. The mess ...
Want to see what a porn-addicted missionary looks like?
Look pretty normal don’t I? Ok, I admit I was a bit scrawny but I come from a long line of skinny people and it was 95 degrees with 90% humidi ...
How Porn Use Becomes an Addiction (Simplified!)
Internet porn—used regularly and often—chemically and structurally changes the brain. These brain changes are consistent with the brain changes tha ...
‘Addiction is a response to emotional pain’ - BBC Ideas
Addiction specialist and author Gabor Mate says dealing with past trauma may be the key to breaking addiction in this BBC Ideas video.
Marijuana worse for teen brains than alcohol, study finds
Cannabis causes lasting cognitive impairment in adolescents, according to Canadian researchers.
By: Shamard Charles, MD
Pediatricians warn against pot use: Not your dad's marijuana
The advice comes in a new report from the American Academy of Pediatrics, published in Pediatrics February 2017.
By: Associated Pres ...
Former child New Tribes Mission members speak out on alleged sex abuse
A group of women, whose parents joined the massive Evangelical group known as New Tribes Mission when they were children, open up to NBC’s Kate Sno ...
Trauma And Addiction
Addressing only the psychology of addiction is not enough. Addiction is a very complex condition and the treatment to address addiction needs to be ...
The Wounded Heart: Hope for Adult Victims of Childhood Sexual Abuse
Sexual abuse knows no religious or social boundaries. The Wounded Heart is an intensely personal and specific look at this form of abuse. Dr. Allen ...