TikTok, Instagram, YouTube and computer games pose a more immediate threat to teens than alcohol and cannabis, according to new research in Germany, shedding light on the numbers of teens with ...

Yuba County Health and Human Services is hosting a community presentation on substance use disorder Jan. 29 in. Dr. Jeff ...

Despite significant advances in addiction science, a persistent and critical challenge remains: the vast chasm between the ...

Addiction can be a loaded term. The word originated in the 16th century to denote an abnormal attachment, typically to alcohol, and was derived from the Latin term for legally binding someone into a ...

"In this multicentre tertiary care study across 20 European countries, addictive disorders were common among patients with chronic skin diseases," the authors wrote, adding that "the observed ...

As promised, I'm devoting this post to a conversation I had recently with Chevese Turner, the founder and CEO of the Binge Eating Disorder Association (BEDA). Chevese contacted me after I posted on so ...

Although self-harm is not formally classified as an addiction in the DSM-5-TR, some experts argue that it can manifest as a behavioral addiction due to its effects on the brain’s reward system.

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