addiction

Gambling companies are reaching young men – the group most likely to exhibit problem gambling behaviour – on social media at more than double the rate...

People suffering from severe alcohol and opioid addiction are to be offered a revolutionary new technique involving planting electrodes in the brain...

Findings may demonstrate a brain and behavioural basis for how nicotine addiction is initiated and then takes hold in early life, say scientists.

Too little research is being conducted into problem gambling – and what research there is, is often funded by the gambling industry rather than by...

Is the lockdown leading us to drink more alcohol or spend more time gambling online or watching pornography? Researchers today launch a survey aimed...

A survey of more than 3,400 university students in the USA has found that one in five respondents reported problematic smartphone use. Female students...

Young adults at risk of developing problems with addiction show key differences in an important region of the brain, according to an international...

A pan-European network to tackle problematic internet usage officially launches today with the publication of its manifesto, setting out the important...

Cocaine addiction may affect how the body processes iron, leading to a build-up of the mineral in the brain, according to new research from the...

Valerie Voon (Department of Psychiatry) discusses what makes some people want to base jump off a cliff, while others don’t even enjoy a rollercoaster...