The brain disease model of addiction has dominated public and scientific discourse on addiction (termed substance use disorder [SUD] in the DSM-5) over the past 3 decades. The model framed addiction ...

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And then psychology helped me understand what was happening. It illuminated the 7 behaviors that were indicative of my condition—signals that I was alone in life but too strong to admit it.

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Last year, the European Commission announced it was investigating several aspects of Temu’s business, including “the risks linked to the addictive design of the service”. Are the Internet ...