Although viewing erotica is nearly ubiquitous among males, some men and women regard watching internet porn as pathological and believe that time spent doing so may be a sign of “porn addiction ...

We're learning more about the craving that fuels self-defeating habits—and how new discoveries can help us kick the habit. Addiction hijacks the brain’s neural pathways. Scientists are ...

A person with an addiction uses a substance, or engages in a behavior, for which the rewarding effects provide a compelling incentive to repeat the activity, despite detrimental consequences.

A 30-year-nurse with a blemish-free career has been disqualified for six months after forging prescriptions to feed her sleeping pill addiction.

Reformed drug addict Peter Lyndon James was only nine years old when he was first sent to prison. For the next 26 years, the career criminal felt trapped, spending much of his life in and out of jail.

Models of treatment had historically been infused with outdated and punitive notions of addiction as an issue of bad behavior and, too often, if a person wasn’t improving, it was deemed to be ...

Child and Adolescent Psychologist Clare Rowe says smartphone addiction is not just a child problem but an “adult problem” as well. Sky News host Chris Kenny wrote in The Australian that the ...

After his pleas were entered, Perth magistrate Paul Heany told the court Garlett had revealed to a psychiatrist he developed an addiction to methylamphetamine during his six-month stay with ...

A former anaesthetist who took patients' drugs and contributed to a cancer patient's death has failed in a bid to have his specialist licence reinstated.