One way to get that pleasure is to seek retaliation. Additional brain scan studies have shown that when people imagine ...

We need a new paradigm for addiction that puts psychology first and recognizes its heterogeneity. Only then will we see that ...

One of the most powerful illusions in addiction is functionality. People continue working, parenting, socializing, and paying ...

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

For a subset of individuals, sexual activity can become compulsive, uncontrollable, and continue despite negative consequences. These individuals have what is referred to as compulsive sexual behavior ...

New Swinburne-led research has found that the use of mobile devices by primary school-aged children for gaming, social media ...

When Kate Needleman went to her backyard last spring and discovered a needle, she knew she had to take action. Needleman lives behind Valhalla Place, an addiction and mental health treatment center in ...

SKNY-1 was previously shown to achieve up to 30% weight loss, reverse nicotine craving, and preserve muscle mass in an animal model-and is designed to avoid the CNS side effects that halted earlier ...