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One brain network may be involved in six mental health conditions

12 January 2023

Depression, anxiety, schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, addiction and obsessive-compulsive disorder have all been linked to problems in the same circuit of brain regions

I help people who are addicted to the internet wean themselves off

30 April 2020

Can you really be addicted to your smartphone? Daria Kuss has shown that it is only a problem for a small number of people - and she knows how to help

A hidden drug overdose crisis has struck Scotland - can we fix it?

2 October 2019

Illegal benzodiazepine drugs that cost as little as 15p per tablet are fuelling an overdose crisis in Scotland. How can we prevent hundreds more deaths?

What is ‘problem internet use’ and is it really a problem?

8 October 2018

Researchers are calling for recognition of mental health problems caused by excessive gaming, gambling and social media, but lumping these together may not be right

We've stopped trusting social media – and that's a good thing

23 January 2018

I'm one of the growing number of users cynical about social networks such as Facebook. But there are upsides to all this digital doubt, says Lara Williams

Finland to trial nasal spray as gambling addiction treatment

10 January 2018

Next week, a trial in Finland will begin testing a nasal spray in problem gamblers. The spray contains a drug normally used to reverse opioid overdoses

Fight continues over whether sex addiction is a real thing

5 January 2018

Guidelines from the World Health Organization are being drawn up that may recognise sexual compulsivity as a mental disorder

Gaming addiction probably isn’t a real condition, study suggests

26 October 2017

Very few gamers really meet the proposed criteria for internet gaming disorder – instead they may play excessively to fill gaps in other areas of their life