In a recent study published in Neuropsychopharmacology, researchers from the University of Technology Sydney (UTS) found that ...

A new study revealed that certain brain regions are more active in people with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) during cognitively demanding tasks. The findings could help inform new ways in which ...

For years, compulsive behaviors have been viewed as bad habits stuck on autopilot. But new research in rats found the ...

Feb. 6 (UPI) --European Union regulators said Friday that TikTok may be in violation of the Digital Services Act due to the risk it poses for addictive and compulsive behavior. The European Commission ...

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 ...

A decade and a half ago, TLC turned a voyeuristic lens to everyday people with unusual habits in the reality show My Strange Addiction. But the show more often than not covered obsessions rather than ...

A type of cell usually characterized as the brain's support system appears to play an important role in obsessive-compulsive disorder-related behaviors, according to new UCLA Health research published ...

Doomscrolling habits are a growing concern in the digital age, driven by endless feeds of negative news and emotionally charged content. Social media psychology shows that FOMO, negativity bias, and ...

A 23-year-old White Plains man accused of hiding cameras in Marist University bathrooms in the spring of his senior year is being treated for compulsive sexual behavior, his lawyer told The Journal ...