Amid mounting lawsuits against social media companies and mental health concerns, the question remains: Is social media addiction real?

One 2024 survey found that almost a third of American adults regularly doomscroll—that is, swipe through endless social media ...

A jury found Meta and YouTube are liable for creating products that led to harmful and addictive behavior by young users.

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

People in addiction recovery can be liable to disown their addiction, which makes sense, but it also leaves them from ...

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 ...

Sex addiction is not a real addiction in the way drug and alcohol addictions are. Compulsive sexual behavior is a preoccupation with sexual thoughts, urges, and behaviors that disrupt daily life. To ...