The sex addiction recovery movement not only complements the progress made toward a sex-positive culture, it reinforces it. In the past decade, the public has gradually gained an awareness and careful ...

We live in a world of fast and easy, social-media-fueled diagnosing and pathologizing. There’s an endless stream of popularized acronyms and misleading self-diagnostic memes that confuse and frustrate ...

There, substance use disorders are described as “ chronic diseases that affect the brain.” The National Institutes for Drug Addiction describe addiction as “ a chronic, relapsing brain disease.” But a ...

During the New Year holidays, I came across a non-fiction contemporaneous book entitled The Empire of Pain by Patrick Ra ...

Philosopher Michel Foucault has argued that the health sciences and the human sciences eclipsed religion in the 18th century, bringing about a revolution in the way we understand the deepest things ...

Physical exercise is one of the main recommendations for maintaining good health. However, when practiced compulsively and without control, it can become a problem: exercise addiction.

Meta, TikTok and YouTube are set to face a trial in California this week over allegations that their platforms contributed to youth mental health issues including addiction, depression and suicidal ...