Psychiatrists warn that doomscrolling rewires brain pathways, fuels anxiety, impairs decision-making, and raises stress, especially among young professionals.

For decades, Americans have been told a simple story about addiction: taking drugs damages the brain—and the earlier in life children start using substances, the more likely they are to progress ...

Effective treatment of drug addiction is still a challenging task since scientists are yet to come across definitive clues about the exact psychological and biological mechanisms that make people ...

This past weekend, while I sat at home reviewing a manuscript on the effects of nicotine on the brain, I received a text from a friend asking about a recent U.S. Supreme Court decision. The Court had ...

Adolescent substance use is a significant predictor of future addiction and related disorders. Understanding neural mechanisms underlying substance use initiation and frequency during adolescence is ...

Growing concerns about youth and adolescent mental health in the United States highlight the need for effective strategies focused on early identification and intervention. In response, the Brain & ...

Consider someone addicted to alcohol, drugs, or a behavior like gambling. Why do they continue, even when they say they want to stop? It's a question that highlights a fundamental disconnect: the gap ...

SAN FRANCISCO — The greater the overuse of smartphones, the greater the risk for severe psychopathologies in adolescents, new research suggests. The study of nearly 200 adolescents in Korea showed ...

A new brain imaging study suggests that people who report symptoms of addiction to short-form video platforms—such as TikTok or Instagram Reels—may be less sensitive to financial losses and make ...

Physical fitness, physical activity and screen time are associated with brain mechanisms underlying mental health and ...

Is Häagen-Dazs ice cream as addictive as heroin? Or, put another way, is heroin as addictive as Häagen-Dazs? Depending on how you phrase the question, you’re either asking whether heroin addiction is ...

Physical fitness, physical activity and screen time are associated with brain mechanisms underlying mental health and ...