One 2024 survey found that almost a third of American adults regularly doomscroll—that is, swipe through endless social media ...

Social media can be harmful. That's something all behavioral researchers can agree on. There is much less consensus on how ...

Genomic analyses reveal that addiction risk is influenced by both shared behavioral traits and specific biological factors, ...

When considering the drugs most likely to cause former addicts to repeatedly relapse, opioids, cocaine, and methamphetamine ...

What if everyone is irrational, whether or not they’re addicted to substances? Josh and Ray can’t get enough of talking to ...

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 ...

What is addiction, and how can we stop it? The complexities of addiction have stumped scientists for decades. Today, with 48 million Americans over the age of 12 suffering from a substance use ...

A new study finds that addiction to social media, mobile phones and video games is linked to a higher risk of suicidal thoughts and behaviors. The study, published in JAMA on Wednesday, looked at data ...

People in addiction recovery can be liable to disown their addiction, which makes sense, but it also leaves them from ...

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 ...