Addiction expert Dr. Drew warns that trendy "Dry January" and "dopamine detox" resets may signal deeper addiction issues.

Gambling addiction is an uncontrolled urge to place wagers and bets, no matter the consequences. Addicts feel the need to keep on betting, even if they go broke or get into debt. Losing while online ...

Scientists are divided over whether or not addiction could be contributing to rising global obesity. Does food addiction really exist and - if it does - how can it be treated? Getting a grip on ...

Sigmund Freud said that a psychiatrist was someone who taught people to stand on their own feet while lying on a couch. Some wag within the profession itself was more cynical in defining a ...

Addiction in hospitality is nothing new. In 2011, research by The Insider showed chefs were nearly twice as likely to be addicted to alcohol and drugs than the average person and Gordon Ramsay has ...

Hollywood director Rob Reiner and his producer wife, Michele, set off waves of tributes and memorials, but for some families, it stopped them cold.

Addiction happens when people take more and more of a drug, until they describe an inability to quit and a loss of control of their drug taking. At the extreme end of addiction people lose their jobs, ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The construction site was not just Sam’s workplace, it was also where he scored cocaine. “It’s full of it, ...

The Duchess of Cambridge was given a virtual tour of Clouds House, an addiction treatment centre in Wiltshire last week, in a royal first during the coronavirus lockdown. The centre is run by Kate's ...

Addiction tends to develop over time, emerging in adolescence and young adulthood. There are a host of reasons for this tendency, some of them biological and some of them social or environmental. But, ...

Scientists are divided over whether or not addiction could be contributing to rising global obesity. Does food addiction really exist and - if it does - how can it be treated? Getting a grip on ...