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Internet and Pornography Use During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Presumed Impact and What Can Be Done
The COVID-19 pandemic continues to cause an immense psychosocial strain worldwide. Excessive use of the internet during these psychologically trying times, fueled by physical isolation as a result of lockdowns, has translated into dysfunctional behaviors. A growing body of evidence suggests an unpre...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8007884/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33796031 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2021.623508 |
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author | Awan, Hashir Ali Aamir, Alifiya Diwan, Mufaddal Najmuddin Ullah, Irfan Pereira-Sanchez, Victor Ramalho, Rodrigo Orsolini, Laura de Filippis, Renato Ojeahere, Margaret Isioma Ransing, Ramdas Vadsaria, Aftab Karmali Virani, Sanya |
author_facet | Awan, Hashir Ali Aamir, Alifiya Diwan, Mufaddal Najmuddin Ullah, Irfan Pereira-Sanchez, Victor Ramalho, Rodrigo Orsolini, Laura de Filippis, Renato Ojeahere, Margaret Isioma Ransing, Ramdas Vadsaria, Aftab Karmali Virani, Sanya |
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description | The COVID-19 pandemic continues to cause an immense psychosocial strain worldwide. Excessive use of the internet during these psychologically trying times, fueled by physical isolation as a result of lockdowns, has translated into dysfunctional behaviors. A growing body of evidence suggests an unprecedented increase in internet use and consumption of online pornography during the pandemic, and possibly even directly caused by it. In this review, the authors report data from relevant sources to show the rise in pornography use during lockdowns in different countries worldwide. In addition to a brief overview of the neurobiology of internet addiction broadly and problematic online pornography use specifically, similarities with substance use disorders are explained. Further, the current status of the debate about defining diagnostic criteria is discussed. Finally, the review sheds light on the potential detrimental outcomes during the future post-pandemic “re-adaptation,” while simultaneously offering preventative and management strategies for harm reduction. The authors conclude that foresightedness with utilizing existing tools and therapies and exercising appropriate amounts of caution could go a long way in addressing the challenges that lie ahead in the post-pandemic era. |
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spelling | pubmed-80078842021-03-31 Internet and Pornography Use During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Presumed Impact and What Can Be Done Awan, Hashir Ali Aamir, Alifiya Diwan, Mufaddal Najmuddin Ullah, Irfan Pereira-Sanchez, Victor Ramalho, Rodrigo Orsolini, Laura de Filippis, Renato Ojeahere, Margaret Isioma Ransing, Ramdas Vadsaria, Aftab Karmali Virani, Sanya Front Psychiatry Psychiatry The COVID-19 pandemic continues to cause an immense psychosocial strain worldwide. Excessive use of the internet during these psychologically trying times, fueled by physical isolation as a result of lockdowns, has translated into dysfunctional behaviors. A growing body of evidence suggests an unprecedented increase in internet use and consumption of online pornography during the pandemic, and possibly even directly caused by it. In this review, the authors report data from relevant sources to show the rise in pornography use during lockdowns in different countries worldwide. In addition to a brief overview of the neurobiology of internet addiction broadly and problematic online pornography use specifically, similarities with substance use disorders are explained. Further, the current status of the debate about defining diagnostic criteria is discussed. Finally, the review sheds light on the potential detrimental outcomes during the future post-pandemic “re-adaptation,” while simultaneously offering preventative and management strategies for harm reduction. The authors conclude that foresightedness with utilizing existing tools and therapies and exercising appropriate amounts of caution could go a long way in addressing the challenges that lie ahead in the post-pandemic era. Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-03-16 /pmc/articles/PMC8007884/ /pubmed/33796031 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2021.623508 Text en Copyright © 2021 Awan, Aamir, Diwan, Ullah, Pereira-Sanchez, Ramalho, Orsolini, de Filippis, Ojeahere, Ransing, Vadsaria and Virani. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms. |
spellingShingle | Psychiatry Awan, Hashir Ali Aamir, Alifiya Diwan, Mufaddal Najmuddin Ullah, Irfan Pereira-Sanchez, Victor Ramalho, Rodrigo Orsolini, Laura de Filippis, Renato Ojeahere, Margaret Isioma Ransing, Ramdas Vadsaria, Aftab Karmali Virani, Sanya Internet and Pornography Use During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Presumed Impact and What Can Be Done |
title | Internet and Pornography Use During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Presumed Impact and What Can Be Done |
title_full | Internet and Pornography Use During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Presumed Impact and What Can Be Done |
title_fullStr | Internet and Pornography Use During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Presumed Impact and What Can Be Done |
title_full_unstemmed | Internet and Pornography Use During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Presumed Impact and What Can Be Done |
title_short | Internet and Pornography Use During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Presumed Impact and What Can Be Done |
title_sort | internet and pornography use during the covid-19 pandemic: presumed impact and what can be done |
topic | Psychiatry |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8007884/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33796031 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2021.623508 |
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