For years, compulsive behaviors have been viewed as bad habits stuck on autopilot. But new research in rats found the opposite: inflammation in a key decision-making brain region actually made ...

Whether it is shopping, surfing the Internet, or watching TV, a seemingly harmless indulgence can turn habit-forming faster than you think. While everyone overindulges occasionally, trouble strikes ...

When a person exercises so much that it negatively affects their physical or mental health, or disrupts other aspects of their life, health experts call this compulsive exercise. Compulsive exercise ...

Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) causes people to have recurrent unwanted or unreasonable thoughts or sensations (obsessions) or make them feel driven to do something repeatedly (compulsions).

If you have watched the American sitcom FRIENDS, you might know Monica’s obsession with cleaning. Or, if you have watched another American sitcom The Big Bang Theory, you know how the mere thought of ...

Keith Bakker (right) regularly takes time to meet and talk to gamers. Ninety per cent of the young people who seek treatment for compulsive computer gaming are not addicted. So says Keith Bakker the ...