Experts call for standardized diagnostic criteria, stronger clinical evidence, and public health measures to improve the ...

Social media providers are facing a blizzard of regulation and legal action over children and teenagers’ use of social media. Last December, Australia banned under-16s from logging in to major social ...

The government has launched £20m worth of grants for technology to help fight drug and alcohol addiction in the UK. The funding, which will be delivered through Innovate UK, aims to support the ...

Mary started drinking regularly in the early nineties, when she was thirteen. Her father had recently married a Danish woman and moved the family to Denmark, which has one of the highest teen-drinking ...

In today’s digital age, computers have become an integral part of our daily lives. From the moment we wake up to check our smartphones to the complex systems managing our cities’ infrastructure, ...

Asheville, North Carolina — Katy Paige Rosenberg, a freshman at the University of North Carolina Asheville, recently realized what too much scrolling on her phone was doing to her. She estimates she ...

Ms. Szalavitz is a contributing Opinion writer who covers addiction and public policy. In late 2016, Steven Klein realized that he’d lost control over his drinking and stimulant use. He became sober ...

When I entered rehab at 23, I learned that trauma was a thread woven into most addiction stories. Many people in my program described horrific neglect or maltreatment, including sexual abuse, they had ...

"We hope that he will find the help he needs," Navarro, Eric Avery, and Stephen Perkins said in a joint statement. Jane’s Addiction are calling it quits on their reunion tour, days after their Boston ...

Jane's Addiction is canceling the remainder of its tour after singer Perry Farrell was seen punching guitarist Dave Navarro at a Boston concert on Friday. The band announced the decision Monday in a ...