Review
Psychiatry
Joakim H. Kristensen, Stale Pallesen, Daniel L. King, Mari Hysing, Eilin K. Erevik
Summary: The study utilized meta-analysis to explore the relationship between problematic gaming and sleep outcomes, finding significant associations with sleep duration, sleep quality, daytime sleepiness, and sleep problems. Adolescent problematic gamers exhibited worse sleep duration compared to adults, and studies using single-item sleep measures showed larger effects on daytime sleepiness. The research concluded that across various sleep parameters, problematic gamers consistently reported poorer sleep status than non-problematic gamers.
FRONTIERS IN PSYCHIATRY
(2021)
Article
Psychiatry
Abel Nogueira-Lopez, Antonio Rial-Boubeta, Ignacio Guadix-Garcia, Victor J. Villanueva-Blasco, Joel Billieux
Summary: Epidemiological studies on problematic Internet use and gaming have mainly relied on unrepresentative and self-selected convenience samples, leading to unreliable prevalence rates. This study examined a large sample of Spanish adolescents and found a prevalence of 33% for problematic Internet use and 3.1% for problematic gaming using the DSM-5 approach. However, using the more conservative ICD-11 approach, prevalence rates decreased to 2.98% for problematic Internet use and 1.8% for problematic gaming. Gender, parental education, Internet connection time, online behavior after midnight, and mobile phone use in class were identified as risk factors for both behaviors.
PSYCHIATRY RESEARCH
(2023)
Article
Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Lutz Wartberg, Rainer Thomasius, Kerstin Paschke
Summary: The study found significant correlations between PSMU and younger age, emotion regulation issues, procrastination, and stress. For the first time, the importance of emotion regulation, procrastination, and perceived stress for PSMU in childhood and adolescence was observed.
COMPUTERS IN HUMAN BEHAVIOR
(2021)
Article
Psychology, Clinical
Michael Kaess, Johanna Klar, Jochen Kindler, Peter Parzer, Romuald Brunner, Vladimir Carli, Marco Sarchiapone, Christina W. Hoven, Alan Apter, Judit Balazs, Shira Barzilay, Julio Bobes, Doina Cozman, Vanja Gomboc, Christian Haring, Jean-Pierre Kahn, Helen Keeley, Gergely Meszaros, George J. Musa, Vita Postuvan, Pilar Saiz, Merike Sisask, Peeter Varnik, Franz Resch, Danuta Wasserman
Summary: The study indicates that pathological internet use should be considered as psychopathology, while excessive internet use should be classified as adolescent risk-behavior.
ADDICTIVE BEHAVIORS
(2021)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Norman R. Greenberg, Zu Wei Zhai, Rani A. Hoff, Suchitra Krishnan-Sarin, Marc N. Potenza
Summary: This study found a correlation between problematic shopping and problematic video gaming in adolescents, suggesting common risk factors and a potential exacerbation of aggressive behaviors. Prevention and intervention efforts for problematic behaviors in youth should consider the co-occurrence of problematic shopping and problematic video gaming.
Review
Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Peter Andre Busch, Stephen McCarthy
Summary: This article presents a systematic review of existing research on problematic smartphone use (PSU), analyzing 293 studies to develop an overview model in the field of PSU. The findings cover demographic factors, explanations for smartphone use, consequences of PSU, and strategies for correcting PSU. Future research directions are proposed, focusing on seven key research questions for investigation.
COMPUTERS IN HUMAN BEHAVIOR
(2021)
Review
Psychology, Developmental
Alayna Murray, Beatrix Koronczai, Orsolya Kiraly, Mark D. Griffiths, Arlene Mannion, Geraldine Leader, Zsolt Demetrovics
Summary: The study found positive associations between autism and problematic internet use (PIU) and gaming disorder (GD), with individuals with autism being more likely to exhibit symptoms of GD with moderate and strong effect sizes.
REVIEW JOURNAL OF AUTISM AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDERS
(2022)
Review
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Francesca Dossi, Alessandra Buja, Laura Montecchio
Summary: This systematic review examines the association between religiosity or spirituality and emerging internet addictions. The majority of the studies reviewed support a possible role for religiosity as a protective factor and suggest a potential link between religiosity and lower rates of internet gaming addiction among adolescents.
FRONTIERS IN PUBLIC HEALTH
(2022)
Article
Psychology, Clinical
Dmitri Rozgonjuk, Bruno Schivinski, Halley M. Pontes, Christian Montag
Summary: The aim of this study was to investigate the associations between problematic online gaming, gambling, shopping, pornography use, and social networking in an international gamer population. The results showed small-to-medium positive correlations between problematic online gaming and other problematic behaviors. However, exploratory graph analysis revealed that all Internet-based problematic behaviors were separate entities. Games were the most prevalent problematic behavior, followed by social networking, gambling, and pornography.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MENTAL HEALTH AND ADDICTION
(2023)
Article
Psychiatry
Qian Wang, Komi Mati, Yong Cai
Summary: The study found that sleep quality played a significant mediating role in the relationship between problematic internet use and psychological distress, while its mediating effect in the association between problematic gaming and psychological distress was relatively small. Strategies aimed at improving sleep quality in addition to promoting healthy internet usage may help mitigate the negative impact of excessive internet use on psychological health.
Article
Psychiatry
Christiane Eichenberg, Markus Schott, Athina Schroiff
Summary: The study found that students with problematic smartphone use exhibited higher levels of extraversion and neuroticism in terms of personality, as well as higher levels of depression and anxiety. Surprisingly, individuals with problematic smartphone use also perceived higher levels of social support.
FRONTIERS IN PSYCHIATRY
(2021)
Article
Behavioral Sciences
Francesco Saverio Bersani, Benedetta Barchielli, Stefano Ferracuti, Angelo Panno, Giuseppe A. Carbone, Chiara Massullo, Benedetto Farina, Ornella Corazza, Elisabeth Prevete, Lorenzo Tarsitani, Massimo Pasquini, Massimo Biondi, Claudio Imperatori
Summary: The study found that problematic use of social media and online videogames is associated with aggression, with insomnia severity mediating this relationship.
AGGRESSIVE BEHAVIOR
(2022)
Review
Psychiatry
Shijie Xu, Minkyung Park, Ung Gu Kang, Jung-Seok Choi, Ja Wook Koo
Summary: During the COVID-19 pandemic, drinking and online gaming have become coping behaviors for people to deal with stress and restricted lifestyle, but excessive use may lead to addiction and serious mental health problems. Research has shown that stress and anxiety caused by social isolation/quarantine could contribute to increased alcohol and online gaming use.
FRONTIERS IN PSYCHIATRY
(2021)
Review
Education, Special
Francesco Craig, Flaviana Tenuta, Andrea De Giacomo, Antonio Trabacca, Angela Costabile
Summary: The systematic review found that individuals with ASD, including children, adolescents, and adults, are more likely to exhibit problematic video game use, with internal factors such as gender, attention, and oppositional behavior problems, as well as external factors like social aspects, access and time spent playing video games, parental rules, and game genre being significant predictors. The review also highlights the lack of literature on the consequences and individual effects of excessive video gaming in individuals with ASD.
RESEARCH IN AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDERS
(2021)
Review
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Jeremy E. Solly, Roxanne W. Hook, Jon E. Grant, Samuele Cortese, Samuel R. Chamberlain
Summary: This study conducted a meta-analysis to identify significant spatial convergence in gray matter regions in individuals with Problematic Usage of the Internet (PUI), finding reductions in the medial/superior frontal gyri, the left anterior cingulate cortex/cingulate gyrus, and the left middle frontal/precentral gyri. These findings suggest replicable gray matter changes in specific brain regions related to reward processing and inhibitory control in PUI.
MOLECULAR PSYCHIATRY
(2022)
Article
Orthopedics
Rhonda Orr, Tina Bogg, Andrew Fyffe, Lawrence T. Lam, Gary J. Browne
Summary: This study indicates that graded exercise testing post-concussion can predict recovery trajectory. Patients were divided into exercise-tolerant and exercise-intolerant groups, with the former showing faster recovery. The combined use of exercise testing and clinical testing was highly predictive of outcomes.
CLINICAL JOURNAL OF SPORT MEDICINE
(2021)
Article
Geriatrics & Gerontology
Michelle DiGiacomo, Sungwon Chang, Tim Luckett, Meera Agar, Jane Phillips, Lawrence Lam
AUSTRALASIAN JOURNAL ON AGEING
(2020)
Article
Health Care Sciences & Services
Annmarie Hosie, Jane Phillips, Lawrence Lam, Slavica Kochovska, Beverly Noble, Meg Brassil, Susan Kurrle, Anne Cumming, Gideon A. Caplan, Richard Chye, Eugene Wesley Ely, Peter G. Lawlor, Shirley H. Bush, Jan Maree Davis, Melanie Lovell, Cynthia Parr, Sally Williams, Katherine Hauser, Susan McArdle, Karen Jacquier, Carl Phillipson, Lynne Kuwahata, Jackie Kerfoot, Linda Brown, Belinda Fazekas, Seong Leang Cheah, Layla Edwards, Anna Green, Jane Hunt, Robyn Attwood, Teresa Assen, Maja Garcia, Julie Wilcock, Meera Agar
JOURNAL OF PALLIATIVE MEDICINE
(2020)
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Lawrence T. Lam
FRONTIERS IN PUBLIC HEALTH
(2020)
Article
Surgery
Soundappan S. Soundappan, Lawrence Lam, Daniel T. Cass, Jonathan Karpelowsky
Summary: Ultrasound guided percutaneous insertion proved to be safe and had shorter operating times compared to open insertion. Additionally, it preserved vein size and did not increase complication rates when performed by operators of varying expertise.
JOURNAL OF SURGICAL RESEARCH
(2021)
Editorial Material
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Lawrence T. Lam, Doug Hyun Han, Wei Zhang, Lynn Tang
FRONTIERS IN PUBLIC HEALTH
(2021)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Lawrence T. Lam, Mary K. Lam, Prasuna Reddy, Prudence Wong
Summary: This study investigated work-related burnout among corporate employees who retained their jobs during the global COVID-19 pandemic crisis. It found that the work environment significantly influenced burnout, and different factors were associated with different components of burnout.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH
(2022)
Review
Environmental Sciences
Lawrence T. Lam, Mary K. Lam
Summary: The association between sleep problems, particularly sleep disorders, and mental health has been extensively studied. However, the causal relationship between early childhood sleep disorders and mental health problems in adolescence is still uncertain. It is important to understand this causality for effective intervention measures.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH
(2021)
Article
Medicine, General & Internal
Melanie R. Lovell, Jane L. Phillips, Tim Luckett, Lawrence Lam, Frances M. Boyle, Patricia M. Davidson, Seong L. Cheah, Nicola McCaffrey, David C. Currow, Tim Shaw, Annmarie Hosie, Bogda Koczwara, Stephen Clarke, Jessica Lee, Martin R. Stockler, Caitlin Sheehan, Odette Spruijt, Katherine Allsopp, Alexandra Clinch, Katherine Clark, Alison Read, Meera Agar
Summary: This study evaluated the effectiveness of three cancer pain guideline implementation strategies on improving pain outcomes for patients in oncology and palliative care outpatient services. The results showed that these strategies had limited impact on pain-related outcomes and further evaluation and improvement are needed.
Article
Health Care Sciences & Services
Sungwon Chang, Tim Luckett, Jane Phillips, Meera Agar, Lawrence Lam, Michelle DiGiacomo
Summary: This study examined sociodemographic characteristics and caring experiences of older and younger carers of adults with chronic health conditions. The results showed that older carers were more likely to have a partner, poor physical health, be born outside Australia, have no formal qualification, live in a household of 1-2 people, have a lower annual household income, and own their home. Older carers were more likely to provide over 40 hours of care per week, perceive control over caring, and care for someone with a neurological condition, while caring for someone with a mental illness, reporting poor mental health, and providing personal care were less likely.
Article
Psychiatry
Lawrence T. Lam, Mary K. Lam, Prasuna Reddy, Prudence Wong
Summary: This study examines the efficacy of a Workplace Web-based blended psychoeducation mental health intervention program. The results show that the program is effective in reducing workplace burnout and stress, as well as promoting mental health literacy in the short term.
FRONTIERS IN PSYCHIATRY
(2022)
Review
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Wei Zhang, Shiqing Huang, Lawrence Lam, Richard Evans, Chengyan Zhu
Summary: Despite the existence of numerous instruments for measuring cyberbullying, their purpose, corresponding scenarios, and effectiveness are still unclear. This study provides a comprehensive review of academic efforts on cyberbullying definitions, measurements, and effectiveness in children and adolescents over the past two decades. The study found that most research failed to provide clear definitions of cyberbullying and struggled to reflect the key elements of bullying. Regarding cyberbullying types, studies presented two to three categories, while some proposed four types based on the nature of the behavior. Measurements have been proposed and refined to capture specific cyberbullying experiences. The study emphasizes the importance of clear definitions and appropriate measurement scales for studying youth cyberbullying.
FRONTIERS IN PUBLIC HEALTH
(2022)
Letter
Primary Health Care
Lawrence T. M. Lam, Ying Xian Chua, David H. Y. Tan
Article
Medicine, General & Internal
William C. Y. Leung, Kay C. Teo, W. M. Kwok, Lawrence H. C. Lam, Olivia M. Y. Choi, Mona M. Y. Tse, W. M. Lui, T. C. Tsang, Anderson C. O. Tsang
HONG KONG MEDICAL JOURNAL
(2020)
Meeting Abstract
Oncology
Melanie R. Lovell, Jane L. Phillips, Meera Agar, Tim Luckett, Lawrence Lam, Nikki McCaffrey, Fran M. Boyle, Tim Shaw, Patricia M. Davidson, David C. Currow, Seong CHEAH
ASIA-PACIFIC JOURNAL OF CLINICAL ONCOLOGY
(2020)
