This is another one of the basic questions I get regarding addiction. It seems that people think about physical addiction and psychological addiction as somehow separate processes. I think this ...

What happens in the minds of people who use the internet addictively? Prof. Dr. Matthias Brand from the University of Duisburg-Essen and his team want to find out. Since 2020, the scientists have ...

Physical dependence is where your body requires opioids to prevent withdrawal. OUD involves an addiction governed by the brain’s reward center, along with problematic patterns of opioid use. It’s ...

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When most people hear the word addiction, they picture someone whose life has visibly unravelled. Yet addiction is often hidden in plain sight – affecting people in workplaces, schools, sporting clubs ...

Romantic involvement with a partner can sometimes exhibit dysfunctional traits similar to addictive behaviours, a phenomenon known as emotional dependence on the partner or “love addiction.” If not ...