A new study suggests that the amount of time adolescents spend playing video games does not inherently predict cognitive harm ...

When most people hear the word addiction, they picture someone whose life has visibly unravelled. Yet addiction is often ...

Experts call for standardized diagnostic criteria, stronger clinical evidence, and public health measures to improve the ...

Two years ago, US Surgeon General Vivek Murthy, MD, called for warning labels on social media platforms, citing concerns about the potential mental health risks associated with heavy use, especially ...

Adolescents with an internet addiction undergo changes in the brain that could lead to additional addictive behavior and tendencies, finds a new study by UCL researchers. The findings, published in ...

A massive genomic study uncovers how shared behavioral traits and substance-specific biology together shape addiction risk, offering new directions for prediction, prevention, and treatment. Study: ...

Whenever I mentioned the phrase “pornography addiction” to a classroom of firefighters, there were snickers of laughter followed by pointing at one particular guy in the room, nodding their heads in ...