James Cook University researchers have taken a deeper dive into the complexities of human personality traits and addiction in ...

ADHD symptoms in college students are tied to greater internet addiction risk, with insomnia and executive dysfunction acting as key pathways.

By Tarun Sai Lomte New research explores how attention difficulties, sleep disruption, and cognitive control challenges ...

Gaming is a neutral hobby by design, but the culture of video games can be ethically gray, predatory and exploitative of young people and adolescents. The authors of a new book on internet gaming ...

In a recent study published in the Journal of Psychiatric Research, researchers describe the relationship between problematic internet use (PIU) and the symptoms of attention deficit hyperactivity ...

Is scrolling social media contributing to a mental health problem? Probably, according to the author of a recent study, which found that addiction to screens — computers, smartphones, televisions, ...

In preparing the current edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, psychiatrists and other experts debated whether to include internet addiction. They decided that there ...

Every other Thursday night, Maddie (using only her first name, in keeping with the program’s anonymity) heads to the Atlanta Triangle Club for a 12-Step recovery program called Internet and Technology ...

As India’s digital footprint expands, more and more people are grappling with non-substance addictions like excessive ...