When most people hear the word addiction, they picture someone whose life has visibly unravelled. Yet addiction is often ...

Four states are accusing Meta of designing Instagram and Facebook to be addictive for children as well as hiding what it knew about the risks. Here's what it means for parents.

The Texas Medical Association has concerns about how prediction market platforms, like Kalshi and Polymarket, could lead more ...

A new study suggests that the amount of time adolescents spend playing video games does not inherently predict cognitive harm ...

A systematic review of 102 studies examined the psychological characteristics associated with problematic romantic attachment ...

Approval-seeking isn't a confidence problem — it's a conditioning pattern. A psychologist explains the one habit that ...

A close friend recently asked to borrow money for bills, but the request took a surprising turn. The friend revealed they had spent hundreds of dollars helping their partner, who is battling addiction ...

The earlier children are exposed to loot boxes and betting ads, the higher the risk of developing ludomania, experts say.

Anxiety and anhedonia can trap the brain-body in a cycle: flat and unmotivated, or endlessly seeking but never satisfied.

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Drinking causes 1 in every 20 deaths worldwide. Perversely, because its harms are so widespread and longstanding and well ...

Glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists, commonly known as GLP-1s, were first developed to treat type-2 diabetes. Since ...