This story is Part 1 of a 2-part series on behavioral health. Part 2 covers the benefits of group therapy. The field of ...

Behavioral economics provides a framework to understand when and how people make mistakes. The new field of behavioral economics blends insights of psychology and economics, and provides some valuable ...

An analysis of data from 1.5 million people has identified 579 locations in the genome associated with a predisposition to different behaviors and disorders related to self-regulation, including ...

Opioid use disorder (OUD) – sometimes called opioid addiction – is a disease of the brain. If you have OUD, you’ll keep using opioids even if they are causing you harm and you want to stop. The misuse ...

Choose your words wisely. Semantics do, in fact, matter—especially when it comes to contentious issues surrounding hypersexuality, sex addiction, and compulsive sexual behavior. They’re not all the ...

A new scientific review argues that sugar addiction is not just a metaphor, but a real and measurable condition that mirrors the brain and behavioral patterns found in drug dependence. Published in ...