Behavioral economics provides a framework to understand when and how people make mistakes. The new field of behavioral economics blends insights of psychology and economics, and provides some valuable ...

Can something as common as heartbreak be a mental illness? Experts can't agree, but the research on bad romance is ...

Opioid use disorder (OUD) – sometimes called opioid addiction – is a disease of the brain. If you have OUD, you’ll keep using opioids even if they are causing you harm and you want to stop. The misuse ...

New show focuses on people's 'strange addiction.' Dec. 24, 2010— -- Lori Broady could not live without her hair dryer. Since she was eight years old, she says, she couldn't fall asleep without it ...

An analysis of data from 1.5 million people has identified 579 locations in the genome associated with a predisposition to different behaviors and disorders related to self-regulation, including ...

Sex addiction, hypersexuality, and compulsive sexual behavior are three different disorders. Here, two sex therapists define each.

A new scientific review argues that sugar addiction is not just a metaphor, but a real and measurable condition that mirrors the brain and behavioral patterns found in drug dependence. Published in ...