Like other complex behaviors, addiction has to be understood in psychological terms. Marion's story provides a good illustration. Virtually all addictive acts are triggered by emotionally ...

What happens in the minds of people who use the internet addictively? Prof. Dr. Matthias Brand from the University of ...

Maèva Flayelle and Joël Billieux, both behavioural addiction researchers at the University of Lausanne in Switzerland, say their work attempts to expand the focus from the psychology of the ...

A study of high school students in China found that individuals who experienced childhood abuse were more likely to display ...

Moon Why You Can’t Stop Scrolling | The Psychology of Addiction Posted: May 20, 2025 | Last updated: May 20, 2025 Can’t stop scrolling TikTok? That’s not an accident. This video reveals the ...

Addiction is a dark and lonely path to walk, and the road to recovery is not an easy one, but according to panelists who ...

A new study published in the journal Frontiers in Psychology discusses the dangers of porn addiction and offers a path to recovery using faith and morals. Lead author Stephen Sammut of the ...

5. In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts by Gabor Maté This is the single best work about the psychology of addiction. Maté writes about his time as a physician working with heroin and crack addicts in ...