Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. "Tropic Thunder" director/actor Ben Stiller in 2008 promoting the problematic movie, in which Robert Downey Jr. wears blackface.

My first unpleasant encounter with the current meaning of the word "problematic" occurred a couple of years ago. I was mingling with some twenty- and thirty-somethings at an outdoor birthday party in ...

To the editor: Thanks to Robin Abcarian for her column on the weasel word “problematic.” For years the use — now ubiquitous — of the word itself been deeply, well, problematic. The best demonstration ...

Maladaptive patterns of smartphone use and greater daily screentime were associated with body image dissatisfaction and ...

Problematic alcohol use by physicians appears to be increasing, new research shows. However, good data on exactly how common this is and on salient risk factors are lacking, investigators note. In a ...

Problematic Smartphone Usage — or smartphone addiction — is now being viewed as a psychiatric disorder, with an average of 23% of kids and young adults found to suffer from it. Researchers at King’s ...

PSU (problematic smartphone use) describes a pattern of behaviors, thoughts and feelings linked to smartphones that resembles an addiction, such as feeling panicky or upset when the phone is ...

It happened to me! I like something that is "now problematic." From our morning news briefing to a weekly Good News Newsletter, get the best of The Week delivered directly to your inbox. From our ...

My first unpleasant encounter with the current meaning of the word “problematic” occurred a couple of years ago. I was mingling with some twenty- and thirtysomethings at an outdoor birthday party in ...