The word “addiction” is probably over-used in our culture. Clinically, it means compulsive use of drugs; colloquially, we stretch its use to refer to addiction to things that probably don’t fit the ...

Can something as common as heartbreak be a mental illness? Experts can't agree, but the research on bad romance is ...

CINCINNATI (WKRC) - A recent survey found one in eight people say they are addicted to certain foods -- but a study shows true food addiction is a bit controversial. New research in the journal ...

A number of surveys show that a substantial proportion of U.S. smokers don't smoke every day. And their ranks appear to be growing. Up to 15 million U.S. smokers say they don't light up on a daily ...

With September being National Recovery Month, local experts are raising awareness on the dangers of addiction and the recovery that is possible. Bravo Zulu House in northern Martin County is a new ...

A modest opposition to the brain disease concept of addiction has been mounting for at least the last decade. Despite the good intentions behind the brain disease rhetoric – to secure more biomedical ...

The sex addiction recovery movement not only complements the progress made toward a sex-positive culture, it reinforces it. In the past decade, the public has gradually gained an awareness and careful ...

Before 1934, the idea was that alcoholism was a moral weakness. People who were viewed as alcoholics were looked down upon by society and seen as having weak wills to stop the drinking that resulted ...