Researchers analyzed clinical data from 141 treatment-seeking patients with compulsive buying-shopping disorder to determine whether women and men differ in symptom severity, psychiatric comorbidities ...

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 ...

A specific pattern of brain activity in a frontal brain region is linked to compulsive behaviors like excessive hand washing, chronic hair-pulling, and skin-picking in people with obsessive compulsive ...

Summary: Researchers have identified a specific pattern of high-frequency brain activity in the anteromedial orbitofrontal cortex (amOFC) that is consistently linked to compulsive behaviors in people ...

A specific pattern of brain activity in a frontal brain region is linked to compulsive behaviors like excessive hand washing, chronic hair-pulling, and skin-picking in people with obsessive compulsive ...

European Union regulators said the app’s infinite scroll and personalized algorithm led to “compulsive” behavior, especially among children. By Adam Satariano Reporting from London TikTok’s endless ...

Sanders is a novelist and filmmaker living in Los Angeles. I was a tenured professor, a published novelist, and a married father of two sons when I lost everything — because of a drug I was prescribed ...

Compulsive behavior has long been thought to arise from rigid habits that overpower self-control, but new research in rats challenges this idea. Scientists found that inflammation in a key brain ...

Purina has announced the 3 recipients of its 2026 Sponsorship for Human-Animal Bond Studies. Purina has awarded research funding to 3 international scientific teams as part of its 2026 Sponsorship for ...

The holiday season is often described as a time of joy, connection and celebration. But it can feel overwhelming for anyone in recovery, whether it’s from a substance use or eating disorder, an ...

Opioid users with and without addiction demonstrated significantly greater learning from negative reinforcement. Individuals with chronic opioid use, whether addicted or not, show heightened learning ...

Individuals with chronic opioid use, whether addicted or not, show heightened learning from negative reinforcement, suggesting that avoidance behavior may underlie both the development and persistence ...