Aims In light of the rise in research on technological addictions and smartphone addiction in
particular, the aim of this paper was to review the relevant literature on the topic of …

This study deals with maladaptive use of the Internet and the mobile phone and its relationship
to symptoms of psychological distress and mental disorder, as well as to the possible role …

… Xavier Carbonell, Andres Chamarro, and Ursula Oberst interpreted the results. Xavier
Carbonell and Ursula Oberst wrote the initial draft of the article. All authors reviewed the initial draft…

This commentary paper critically discusses the recent debate paper by Petry et al. (2014) that
argued there was now an international consensus for assessing Internet Gaming Disorder (…

Purpose This phase II study investigated the efficacy, safety, and pharmacokinetics of
trastuzumab monotherapy given as first-line treatment once every 3 weeks (3-weekly) in women …

Addiction to the Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) has become an important
research topic. The aims of the present study were to determine the problematic uses of …

Online gaming addiction is a relatively under-researched area and there have been few
studies examining online gamers in treatment. This paper reports the findings from a qualitative …

Nuclear receptors (NRs) are ligand-regulated transcription factors important in human
physiology and disease. In certain NRs, including the androgen receptor (AR), ligand binding to …

The evolution of the Internet and its applications has led to a notable increase in concern
about social networking sites (SNSs). SNSs have had global mass appeal and their often …

Social progress parallels that of human communication. The need to communicate led to
the production of written languages, a plethora of communication channels, and has been a …