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

Having a family member or a close friend with a gambling problem puts people at greater risk of developing one, too, a new ...

We need a new paradigm for addiction that puts psychology first and recognizes its heterogeneity. Only then will we see that for some, addiction is a form of deliberate self-harm.

Salt Lake City (April 10, 2024) - Worldwide, someone dies from drug or alcohol addiction every four minutes. Now, researchers at Huntsman Mental Health Institute at the University of Utah have been ...

Methamphetamine doesn't just spike levels of the pleasure-inducing hormone dopamine in the reward pathways of the brain—it ...

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

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

Addiction is not simply a chronic brain disease and considering it as such can limit treatment options and increase stigma, an extensive research review suggests. After decades of research, Professor ...

I teach a class on the psychology of addiction (Psych 477 at California State University in Long Beach) and as I have been preparing the lectures something has become very clear to me - textbooks ...

Health Minister Josie Osborne announced on Wednesday that the controversial trial project would end on Jan. 31, admitting it ...