COVID-19 and behavioral addictions: worrying consequences?

On March 11th, 2020, the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a pandemic. The health measures implemented by the governments of all countries were strict, to prevent the virus from spreading out of control. The results of these measures and the situation resulting from the health crisis had an impact not only on the physical health of individuals, but also on their habits, mental health (Constanza et al., 2020; Baenas et al., 2020) and cognitive impairment (Montejo et al., 2021) Moreover, the impact of stress, isolation, boredom and lack of activity and stimuli on substance use, as well as on other addictive behaviors, such as gambling, video games or pornography viewing is widely known (Király et al., 2020). In addition, for many people, these restrictions meant a reduction in their economic income, loss of employment, and significant concern as well as uncertainties for their families' jobs and financial future. This situation raised alarms from governments, especially in relation to gambling activity (Gainsbury et al., 2021)

Arturo Ripstein: la construcción sin fin

López Aranda, S. (1996). Arturo Ripstein: la construcción sin fin. Nosferatu. Revista de cine. (22):4-9. http://hdl.handle.net/10251/40983.Importación Masiva492

Editorial : Neurological, psychological and endocrine markers of eating disorders and obesity

Altres ajuts: Delegación del Gobierno para el Plan Nacional sobre Drogas (2019I47 and 2021I031

Gambling-Like Day Trading During the COVID-19 Pandemic – Need for Research on a Pandemic-Related Risk of Indebtedness and Mental Health Impact

Stock exchange trading increasingly has been highlighted as a possible cause of gambling disorder, typically in rapid and excessive "day trading" which may cause over-indebtedness and mental health problems. The COVID-19 pandemic has been suspected to increase online gambling and gambling problems. In a number of recent media reports, day trading has been reported to increase during COVID-19, possibly in relation to changes in everyday life, financial problems and job insecurity during the pandemic. Increasing day trading has thereby been suspected to cause addictive behavior, financial difficulties, and poor mental health. However, there is hitherto a lack of research in the area. The present paper addresses the potential for day trading to cause problem gambling, debts and mental health problems, and calls for research and clinical guidelines in problem gambling related to stock market behavior as a problematic gambling behavior. Screening tools, awareness among clinicians, and longitudinal research studies may be warranted, both during the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond

Tres especies nuevas para el género Aptopus (Coleoptera, Elateridae, Cardiophorinae)

Aptopus Eschscholtz 1829 es uno de los once géneros de la subfamilia Cardiophorinae. Es americano y está presente en EEUU, México, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Cos ta Rica , Panamá , Ecuador, Brasil , Paraguay, Uruguay y Argen tina . El es tudio del material permitió identificar tres especies nuevas para la ciencia que aquí se describen. Dos de ellas pertenecen al grupo de especies con carena marginal en el pronoto y la tercera con carena en el episterno

Dos nuevas especies de Horistonotus Candèze 1860 (Coleoptera: Elateridae) y redescripción de Horistonotus farinosus Candèze 1891

En este trabajo se describen dos especies nuevas para la ciencia, Horistonotus angularis y Horistonotus quillu, y se redescribe a Horistonotus farinosus Candèze 1891. Las tres especies tienen uñas simples, una muesca rectangular en el proepisterno y las alas que carecen de vena transversal entre MP4 y CUA2. Se proporcionan dibujos de aspecto general, estructura de ala y genitalia y microfotografías de barrido para los caracteres que se consideró necesario resaltar

APTOPUS LATERALIS (CARDIOPHORINAE, ELATERIDAE, COLEOPTERA, INSECTA). REDESCRIPCIÓN Y NUEVAS ESPECIES

In this work, Aptopus lateralis (Erichson) is redescribed and the Champion´s varieties "ß" and " ?" are described as new species. Illustrations of the habitus and the genitalia of the three analized species are included.En este trabajo se redescribe a Aptopus lateralis (Erichson) y se describe las variedades "ß" y " ?" de Champion como especies nuevas. Se proporciona ilustraciones del habitus y de los genitales de las tres especies analizadas

Exploring internet gaming disorder: an updated perspective of empirical evidence (from 2016 to 2021)

Background and aims: Since the acceptance of Internet gaming disorder (IGD) as a "disorder due to addictive behaviors", research has proliferated exponentially. The present review focuses on the conceptualization of IGD, its diagnosis and assessment, associated factors and existing prevention and treatment plans to address it. Results and conclusions: The discrepancies between the diagnostic criteria for IGD proposed by the two central diagnostic entities, as well as the questioning of their clinical validity, have generated multiple proposals for the diagnosis and psychometric evaluation of IGD. Likewise, there have been numerous suggestions to prevent this pathology, with the involvement of governments, the gaming industry and health institutions. Finally, multiple treatment plans have been proposed, both pharmacological and psychological, although only the efficacy of cognitive behavioral therapy has been tested. It is essential, therefore, to delve deeper into this disorder by addressing the central limitations of the current literature