Withdrawal-like Symptoms in Problematic Pornography Use: A Scoping Review.

Thiago Henrique RozaLucas Tavares NoronhaAugusto Ossamu ShintaniRaffael MassudaFelix Henrique Paim Kessler Ives Cavalcante Passos

Published in: Journal of addiction medicine (2023)

There is preliminary evidence for the existence of withdrawal-like symptoms in PPU. Future studies should investigate onset, characteristics, duration, and proportion of withdrawal-like symptoms in PPU with robust methodology, also investigating potential confounding variables.

Keyphrases

sleep quality
current status
depressive symptoms
risk assessment
case control