TikTok, Instagram, YouTube and computer games pose a more immediate threat to teens than alcohol and cannabis, according to new research in Germany, shedding light on the numbers of teens with ...

Addiction is one of the most intensely studied conditions in modern medicine, yet even with high‑resolution brain scans and ...

A cross-sectional pan-European study reports that a high prevalence of addictive behaviours is affected by sociodemographic and disease-related factors in patients with chronic skin diseases.

The series turned a voyeuristic lens to people with unusual habits, but it did raise awareness of various compulsive ...

From Pong and Pac-Man to Minecraft and Fortnight, video games have always been a lot of fun. Sometimes, however, gamers become fixated, compulsive or — worse — spiral into a full-blown gaming disorder ...

I had the opportunity to sit in a Symposium at the recent American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM) Medical Scientific Conference moderated by members of the work group that is creating the ...

As the overdose crisis rages on and the pandemic-fatigued public runs low on empathy, there have been increasing calls for expanded involuntary commitment for people with substance use disorder. Some ...

Ryan Logan receives funding from National Institutes of Health. Mackenzie Gamble does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from ...

Some researchers compare the overuse of refined sugar to drug addiction. Source: Myriams-Fotos/Pixabay/Used with Permission Something happens in the brain of a drug ...

Highly processed foods are addictive by the same standards deeming tobacco addictive, a study says. The authors say the label can push forward public health policy, destigmatize obesity, and save ...