The story below references drugs, alcoholism, and disordered eating. Many people deal with addiction, yet it continues to be widely misunderstood and stigmatized. As of 2023, over 48.5 million people ...

There is an endless and overwhelming amount of information on the Web about addiction treatment options. Many people have no idea where to begin or what type of care that they or their loved one may ...

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 ...

Anything that is capable of creating a stimulus in a person can be addictive. Behavioural science experts believe that when a habit becomes a necessary obligation for a person, then it can be ...

Outside of telling us to lift heavy things from the legs instead of our backs because “otherwise you’ll bust your arse”, my dad rarely interjected with life advice when we were growing up. He ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Dr. Lance B. Eliot is a world-renowned AI scientist and consultant. That might seem like a rather bold and over-the-top assertion.

Generative AI can surprisingly steer people toward an addiction of any kind, either by insidious deceit or via accidental triggering. In today’s column, I examine an important question about the ...