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Findings may demonstrate a brain and behavioural basis for how nicotine addiction is initiated and then takes hold in early life, say scientists.

Too little research is being conducted into problem gambling – and what research there is, is often funded by the gambling industry rather than by...

A survey of more than 3,400 university students in the USA has found that one in five respondents reported problematic smartphone use. Female...

Young adults at risk of developing problems with addiction show key differences in an important region of the brain, according to an international...

Cocaine addiction may affect how the body processes iron, leading to a build-up of the mineral in the brain, according to new research from the...

Valerie Voon (Department of Psychiatry) discusses what makes some people want to base jump off a cliff, while others don’t even enjoy a rollercoaster...

Hip-hop artists Tupac and Eminem are among the most iconic music artists of the past two decades, and as Dr Akeem Sule and Dr Becky Inkster, co-...

̽»¨Ö±²¥discovery of a brain circuit ‘shortcut’ could explain why some addicts unintentionally relapse, and suggests that a shift in focus for therapies...