Inspired by quarter-century retrospectives, I explored how addiction psychology has changed (or not) over the past 25 years.

Researchers found children with highly addictive use of phones, video games or social media were two to three times as likely ...

Both high and increasing addictive screen use trajectories are associated with suicidal behaviors and worse mental health in ...

Two recent studies shed some light on how drug-induced plasticity might mediate addictive behavior long after drug use. Nature Neuroscience - Drugs of abuse are known to induce changes in synaptic ...

Participants with high and increasing addictive patterns of mobile phone, social media and video game use were at least 1.5 ...

Many addictive behaviors begin in adolescence, ... Journal of Behavioral Addictions, 6, 534-544. Galvan, A. (2010). Adolescent development of the reward system.

Addictive use of social media, video games, or mobile phones-but not total screen time-is associated with worse mental health ...

UB researchers discover new knowledge to solve problems and answer questions. With more than 100 active research centers, institutes and collaborative projects, topics range from ...

Does your kid often neglect home responsibilities or schoolwork to play video games or scroll social media? They may be ...