Amid mounting lawsuits against social media companies and mental health concerns, the question remains: Is social media addiction real?

Genomic analyses reveal that addiction risk is influenced by both shared behavioral traits and specific biological factors, ...

Most of the genetic risk for developing a substance use disorder comes from genes that broadly affect how our brains process rewards, regulate impulses and weigh consequences—not from genes that ...

The jury in a landmark social media addiction trial on Wednesday found Meta and YouTube liable for creating products that led ...

Are you at risk for addictive behaviors? Some people are genetically predisposed to addictive behavior. It is common for people who have addictive behaviors to be depressed. Often people who have ...

The issue of whether social media is addictive is at the center of thousands of lawsuits brought against the companies Meta, ...

Many people with behavioral addictions have been told that they have a form of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). OCD is a mental disorder in which people experience repetitive intrusive thoughts ...

Social media can be harmful. That's something all behavioral researchers can agree on. There is much less consensus on how ...

Meta and YouTube were found liable by a jury Wednesday for creating products that led to harmful and addictive behavior by ...

A landmark trial over “addictive” social media design is forcing a legal reckoning over whether tech addiction is real and ...