Mark Zuckerberg was in court last month testifying in a lawsuit brought by school boards, parents, and minors claiming that Instagram is designed to addict children. There is an underlying problem, ...

Lurking beneath today’s raft of social media addiction lawsuits blaming platforms for harming minors are three broad public policy concerns. These frets could easily affect corporate liability in ...

Most people entering addiction treatment have a story that started years before their first drink or drug use. Research ...

Researchers at Kanazawa University identified dopamine-driven neural mechanisms of motivation in a mouse model of behavioral addiction, offering insights into treatment. Assistant Professor Naoya ...

We’ve all gotten carried away adding too much stuff to our online shopping basket once in a while, or have chucked a few extra items in the trolley, telling ourselves we deserve a treat. But shopping, ...

While public attention and resources remain focused on contaminated street drugs, Sudbury author Reggie Caverson devoted her ...

Addiction specialists in Ohio are raising concerns about the growth of sports betting and its impact on problem gambling.

"Eventually you just get to a point where…you stop believing the lie that you can do it all yourself," the 25-year-old said ...