Social media addiction is not officially registered as a mental illness, but it affects adults and children. Here are tips on ...

Social media addiction has been compared to casinos, opioids and cigarettes. While there’s some debate among experts about the line between overuse and addiction, and whether social media can cause ...

Food is a necessity for survival, but for some people, it has become an addiction. Food addiction is when you crave certain foods so much that it interferes with your daily life. It's like your brain ...

Sooner or later we all ask ourselves this question. Surprisingly, there are some but no definite answers. This blog entry will discuss some of what is known about risk factors for developing drug ...

Does internet addiction warrant full-fledged in-patient rehab— or are there better ways to manage your Angry Birds and email-checking obsessions? America’s first hospital-based “internet addiction” ...

We deal with a lot of inherently traumatic things in medicine every day. We see people die or get terrible injuries. We see people who have lost control of their lives. We convince ourselves that it ...

ATLANTA — We have them by our sides night and day. On average, we check our phones 205 times each day. That is once every five minutes. But should we be worried about being addicted? There are ...

Addiction is an umbrella term that reflects qualities of substance use disorder, characterized by an inability to stop using a substance despite harmful consequences. However, addiction is not a ...

Digital addiction is a broad term for unhealthy behaviors related to spending too much time on the internet, in particular when a person cannot stop these behaviors despite experiencing negative ...

Credit: Getty Images Research has found that high-sugar, ultraprocessed foods can be addictive for some people. The Conversation — People often joke that their favorite snack is “like crack” or call ...

When someone is in active addiction, we try to avoid all of the "normal things in life." Source: Priscilla Du Perez/Unsplash Throughout the course of my life, I have learned from the adage, “To Thine ...