Dear Abby: My husband of 50 years sits in his chair for hours at a time making online purchases he thinks are a necessity or ...

Feelings of social isolation can drive people to purchase items to soothe their emotions, a habit that often evolves into ...

We talk a lot about debt as numbers on a page. But the harder truth is this: when overspending is tied to addiction, the math ...

Arthur Laffer and Stephen Moore’s “How to Hollow Out Your State’s Economy” (op-ed, March 18) rightly warns about the risks of Washington adopting an income tax. Olympia lawmakers have passed the tax, ...

Two years ago, US Surgeon General Vivek Murthy, MD, called for warning labels on social media platforms, citing concerns about the potential mental health risks associated with heavy use, especially ...

A California jury has found Meta and YouTube liable on all counts in a landmark case that accused the tech giants of intentionally addicting a young woman and injuring her mental health. Meta and ...

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 ...

Mental health professionals recognize problematic gambling as an addiction. Should the same apply to excessive gaming, compulsive sexual behavior and problematic social media use? When you purchase ...

The west side of the Douglas County Courthouse, 1100 Massachusetts St. Douglas County commissioners will consider how to allocate opioid-settlement and special alcohol tax funding on Wednesday – and ...

The National Association for Addiction Professionals (NAADAC) recently featured Cary Hopkins Hall, MA, visiting assistant instructor in the Department of Criminology, as the presenter for two ...

A clinical study of treatment-seeking patients reveals that compulsive buying disorder affects men and women in similar ways psychologically, but gender differences emerge in what people buy and how ...