Technology Addiction: A New Form Of Compulsive Behavior
When we think of addiction, most of us think of alcoholism or drug abuse. But the easy access, anonymity, and constant availability of the Internet, e...
When we think of addiction, most of us think of alcoholism or drug abuse. But the easy access, anonymity, and constant availability of the Internet, e...
AP | JOE MANDAK | Posted 09.20.2009 | Living
PITTSBURGH — A woman has filed what experts believe is a first-of-its-kind lawsuit against the Pittsburgh Public Schools, claiming her daughter deve...
Karen Leland | Posted 09.11.2009 | Living
My declaration for what little time is left of summer is to spend less time sorting and more time being with family and friends, reading and lying out in sun.
Lennard Davis | Posted 09.05.2009 | Business
We need to be extremely careful when we read that "experts have said" or that "experiments have shown" -- particularly when we are looking at difficult-to-treat affective disorders.
Dr. Jon LaPook | Posted 07.12.2009 | Living
OCD can be a devastating disease. Patients have intrusive, uncontrollable thoughts and severe anxiety centered around the need to perform repetitive rituals.
Therese Borchard | Posted 02.12.2009 | Living
The French call Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder folie de doute, the doubting disease. That's what obsessions are--a doubt caught in an endless loop of t...
Barbara Dehn | Posted 11.15.2008 | Home
In this particular psychological response to variables, the person is unable or unwilling to tear themselves away from media coverage of the upcoming election. Ordinary people with no previous history of repetitive behaviors are suddenly checking polling websites every 1/2 hour.
Psychology Today | Posted 11.23.2009 | Living