For years, compulsive behaviors have been viewed as bad habits stuck on autopilot. But new research in rats found the opposite: inflammation in a key decision-making brain region actually made ...

Researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden have identified a brain circuit that can drive repetitive and compulsive behaviors in mice, even when natural rewards such as food or social contact are ...

Like so many things on social media, patients invented the term before medicine did. They called it “food noise.” They weren’t talking about ordinary hunger. They were describing something more ...

Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD), a leading cause of neurodevelopmental disorders, may affect as many as 1 in 20 school-aged children in the United States. Despite its prevalence, the exact ...

Is compulsive behavior common in people with Alzheimer’s or dementia? When someone is diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease or dementia, many aspects of his or her life are forced to change and will ...

Kevin Spacey has confirmed his diagnosis of "sexual compulsive behavior" in 2017. The House of Cards actor made the official statement during a recent court testimony. Kevin Spacey appeared in the ...