Two years ago, Santa Barbara resident Craig Abbey’s now 22-year-old son decided to buy kratom leaf tea. He had some wrist ...

Former Premier League goalkeeper Chris Kirkland knows how quickly addiction can take hold – and how difficult it can be to ...

Digital addiction is a broad term for unhealthy behaviors related to spending too much time on the internet, in particular when a person cannot stop these behaviors despite experiencing negative ...

To Sam DeMello’s friends, it seemed as if the then-26-year-old had everything together: a six-figure tech salary, an enviable workout regimen and a happy relationship. But as he crossed the finish ...

Mental health experts are nearly unanimous in endorsing the disease model of addiction. Alcoholism (now alcohol use disorder) was declared a disease in 1956 by the American Medical Association, and ...