If you or someone you know is in crisis, contact the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline via call, text or chat. A new study finds that addiction to social media, mobile phones and video games is linked to ...

Can any behavior be addictive? The answer is probably “yes,” depending on the person. Having said that, in our book, Why Can’t I Stop?, we selected the behaviors that we and others see as having the ...

Problematic patterns of digital media use — including compulsive social media scrolling, gaming, or phone checking — may be more harmful to adolescent mental health than overall screen time, new ...

In 1995 the Internet was born. In 2007, the iPhone was introduced. No one warned the 12-year-olds at the time. Now they are 43, and more than one generation is struggling to deal with new forms of ...

The proliferation of short-form videos on social media has become a ubiquitous aspect of contemporary life. However, the pervasive use of these videos may potentially give rise to an addiction-like ...