If you or someone you know is in crisis, contact the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline via call, text or chat. A new study finds that addiction to social media, mobile phones and video games is linked to ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Teens who spend lots of time on social media have complained of feeling like they can’t pay attention to more important things ...

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

Minuscule movement patterns collected from smartphones and often undetectable to humans have been used to predict cravings ...

Key points Many addictive behaviors begin during adolescence. The adolescent brain is in the process of maturing and experiencing changes in the reward system. A percentage of school counselors report ...

The Wall Street Journal has likened the President of the United States to an alcoholic, claiming that Trump clings to his lies "like a drunk to an empty gin bottle." We tend today to avoid disparaging ...

Colin Farrell has candidly spoken about his substance addiction over the years. He once shared how it played a role with a Hollywood star on set when they filmed a movie together ...