Can any behavior be addictive? The answer is probably “yes,” depending on the person. Having said that, in our book, Why Can’t I Stop?, we selected the behaviors that we and others see as having the ...

Pay attention to your college or high school student’s behaviors, especially now that summer break has arrived. If they’re ...

Are you at risk for addictive behaviors? Some people are genetically predisposed to addictive behavior. It is common for people who have addictive behaviors to be depressed. Often people who have ...

Nearly half of young people in a recent study displayed strongly addictive use of mobile phones, a trend that the study results suggest raised the risk of suicidal behaviors. Researchers looked at ...

To learn more about the biology underlying cocaine addiction, researchers analyzed almost 900 rats to map the genetic basis ...

New research by a University of Michigan psychologist and colleagues makes the strongest case yet that ultra-processed foods—including chips, cookies, soda and other heavily engineered products—aren't ...

James Kimmel, Jr., is a lecturer of psychiatry at the Yale School of Medicine, a lawyer, and the founder and co-director of the Yale Collaborative for Motive Control Studies. He is the creator of The ...

Expanded inpatient rehab services now offer integrated, personalized care for individuals battling gambling addiction. LAS ...

When I talk to my son, an engineering student, and we have a question or disagreement, he immediately turns to ChatGPT as his ...