Is Internet Addiction Disorder (IAD) real? A new study suggests it may be — and that its effects can be seen in the human brain. The study asked those between the ages 14 and 21 questions about how ...

ADHD symptoms in college students are tied to greater internet addiction risk, with insomnia and executive dysfunction acting as key pathways.

Dr Shalini Naik, Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry, PGIMER, says that reel addiction is real, as they have observed in their interactions with school students as part of a project that Dr ...

A recent study by Professor Phil Reed and his colleagues published in the Journal of Clinical Psychiatry provided some experimental evidence that internet addicts may be conditioned by what they view ...

How often do you tell your kids they don’t know how lucky they are? Do you say things like, “When I was young we didn’t have no dang fool Intertubes and online games?” and then force them to go ...

Gaming is a neutral hobby by design, but the culture of video games can be ethically gray, predatory and exploitative of young people and adolescents. The authors of a new book on internet gaming ...

Addiction is one of the most common and consequential chronic medical conditions in the United States. Nationwide, more than 46 million people met the criteria for a substance abuse disorder as of ...