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

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 addictions are that way because they are trying to fill a ...

The post was written by Cameron Johnson and Dalanna Burris. Source: Boris_Zhitkov Over the years a plethora of research into substance use disorders has greatly increased the ability of the healthcare system to promote recovery from addiction and decrease ...

Researchers analyze 2.2 million genomes to show that addiction risk is primarily driven by broad genes affecting brain wiring and impulse control, not drug-specific traits.

A landmark trial over “addictive” social media design is forcing a legal reckoning over whether tech addiction is real and harmful—even as clients at reSTART describe it as a force that has derailed their lives.

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 (obsessions) and/or repetitive compulsive mental acts or ...

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