James Kimmel, Jr., is a lecturer of psychiatry at the Yale School of Medicine, a lawyer, and the founder and co-director of the Yale Collaborative for Motive Control Studies. He is the creator of The ...

Video games are fun, exciting, and a great way to relax – but sometimes, the line between a fun hobby and an unhealthy addiction can become blurry. Contents1. Recognize The Signs2. Identify And Manage ...

IF YOU’VE BEEN passed over for a promotion at work or had a romantic partner cheat on you, you know how much it can sting. You may replay these events over and over in your mind and think about how to ...

As someone who has questioned our view of addiction—how we define and treat it—over the past five decades, often for Psychology Today, I look to the future as both a perilous, and a promising, journey ...

Are cookies and chips the new cigarettes? And soda, breakfast cereals and ice cream the new opioids? In his new book, “Diet, Drugs, and Dopamine: The New Science of Achieving a Healthy Weight” ...