Deviant behavior refers to actions that violate social norms and, at times, laws. These behaviors can range from minor infractions like gossiping to serious crimes such as theft and violence.

Alsan is the director of the Health Inequality Lab and the Annie and Ned Lamont professor of international studies in the Department of Economics at Stanford University. Parekh is the chief health ...

Today’s post is the first of a three-part series looking at some of the stranger addictions that have been written about in the academic literature (or by academics who have tried to argue that these ...

Researchers at Kanazawa University identified dopamine-driven neural mechanisms of motivation in a mouse model of behavioral addiction, offering insights into treatment. Assistant Professor Naoya ...

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 ...

Artificial intelligence chatbots are designed to instantly grant a user’s every conversational wish, but this limitless capability is driving a new form of technological dependence. A recent analysis ...

Addiction remains one of the most pressing public health challenges of our time, and the landscape is shifting fast. The rise of synthetic opioids and ...

A new study suggests that the amount of time adolescents spend playing video games does not inherently predict cognitive harm ...