Stress is a key risk factor in addiction initiation, maintenance, relapse, and thus treatment failure (Sinha & Jastreboff, 2013). Stressful life events combined with poor coping skills may impact the ...

A wagging tail, gentle nudge, or steady breath of a furry friend can seem simple, but research proves that these small ...

Curiosity-driven experiments in a basement eventually sparked a worldwide rethink of how stress, addiction, and life experiences shape the brain.

A Nimhans study links anxiety, stress to problematic pornography use in Indian adults, highlighting early exposure, ...

Modern life is beset by struggle. To alleviate the resultant physical and emotional pain, we often turn to unhealthy coping habits: We eat too much, we use drugs and alcohol, and we numb ourselves ...

Social media has many benefits, providing entertainment and information and connecting people around the globe, but its overriding influence is far more complex, more insidious than it appears.After ...

Narcissism is a personality disorder that shares many common traits with addiction. There are two types of narcissism, both of which may lead to tendencies in people that can, in turn, encourage ...

The terms “addiction” and “dependence” can seem similar, but they are different. Dependence occurs when the body physically relies on a drug. Addiction involves changes in behavior. A person with an ...