The same drugs that transformed obesity treatment are now being investigated for substance use disorders, fueling interest in ...

Experts call for standardized diagnostic criteria, stronger clinical evidence, and public health measures to improve the ...

Adolescents with an internet addiction undergo changes in the brain that could lead to additional addictive behavior and tendencies, finds a new study by UCL researchers. The findings, published in ...

If you or someone you know is in crisis, contact the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline via call, text or chat. A new study finds that addiction to social media, mobile phones and video games is linked to ...

Is preaddiction real? If so, what is it? Preaddiction proposes that some addiction-related changes emerge before full ...

Minuscule movement patterns collected from smartphones and often undetectable to humans have been used to predict cravings and compulsive behaviors with groundbreaking accuracy—potentially offering ...

"Sex addiction" is more of a media buzzword than a medical term. This behavior is not technically an addiction in the same way as drug or alcohol addiction. However, the compulsive sexual urges that ...

Study: Molecular and circuit determinants in the globus pallidus mediating control of cocaine-induced behavioral plasticity. Image Credit: Alex Mit / Shutterstock.com Ventral tegmental area dopamine ...