Why is it so hard to stop at just one cookie? For many people, sweet foods like chocolate, pastries, and candy aren't just a ...

As public health insurance in the United States faces potential cuts, a Rutgers University review of medical records finds that Medicaid and Medicare patients with opioid addiction tend to receive ...

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

In a world that often romanticizes complexity and chaos, it's easy to slip into patterns that lead to toxic relationships.

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

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

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

Trials published in Addiction, Alcohol and Alcoholism, Drug and Alcohol Dependence, and Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology—all CONSORT-endorsing journals—were compared with trials published ...

However, “those who had high levels of these addictive behaviors around social media at baseline were about 3.5 times more likely than those who had no addictive behaviors to develop binge eating by ...

Results demonstrated that time spent on social media by itself was not directly associated with binge eating, though individuals with high levels of addictive behaviors surrounding social media at ...

Addiction, whether to substances or behaviors, can feel like an insurmountable barrier, trapping individuals in cycles of dependency and affecting their quality of life. However, with the right ...