Your Brain May Be “Wired” For Addiction (But You Don’t Have To Surrender)

Addiction is one of the most common mental health problems there is: Drug use alone affects tens of millions of Americans, and that's only the illegal ones. Even more people deal with addictions to other things – alcohol, caffeine, nicotine, food, and various behaviors. People who are familiar with addiction, and certainly the researchers who [...]

Abnormal Brain Structure In Both Siblings – Addiction Only Affects One

A study conducted by Dr. Karen Ersche, Department of Psychiatry, University of Cambridge, England, and published in Science, reveals that one sibling who is addicted to drugs, and the other who is not, have similar brain abnormalities. These abnormalities come from an area of the brain that is vital for aiding people in exhibiting self [...]

Abnormal Brain Structure In Both Siblings – Addiction Only Affects One

A study conducted by Dr. Karen Ersche, Department of Psychiatry, University of Cambridge, England, and published in Science, reveals that one sibling who is addicted to drugs, and the other who is not, have similar brain abnormalities. These abnormalities come from an area of the brain that is vital for aiding people in exhibiting self [...]

Internet addiction ‘disrupts brain’

Internet addiction disrupts nerve wiring in the brains of teenagers, a 'groundbreaking' study has found. alcohol and addiction news

INTERNET ADDICTION IS LIKE DRUG AND ALCOHOL ADDICTION – IT CHANGES YOUR BRAIN, STUDY FINDS

INTERNET ADDICTION IS LIKE DRUG AND ALCOHOL ADDICTION – IT CHANGES YOUR BRAIN, STUDY FINDS…Internet addiction could cause damage to the brain similar to alcoholics and cocaine addicts, a Chinese study has said. The internet addiction disorder (IAD) is becoming a serious mental health issue around the world wherein an individual have an inability to [...]

INTERNET ADDICTION IS LIKE DRUG AND ALCOHOL ADDICTION – IT CHANGES YOUR BRAIN, STUDY FINDS

INTERNET ADDICTION IS LIKE DRUG AND ALCOHOL ADDICTION – IT CHANGES YOUR BRAIN, STUDY FINDS…Internet addiction could cause damage to the brain similar to alcoholics and cocaine addicts, a Chinese study has said. The internet addiction disorder (IAD) is becoming a serious mental health issue around the world wherein an individual have an inability to [...]

Internet addiction may change brain in ways simliar to drug, alcohol addiction

The brains of internet addicts may undergo chemical changes similar to those of alcoholics and drug addicts, according to a Chinese study announced last week. alcohol and addiction news

INTERNET ADDICTION IS LIKE DRUG AND ALCOHOL ADDICTION – IT CHANGES YOUR BRAIN, STUDY FINDS

INTERNET ADDICTION IS LIKE DRUG AND ALCOHOL ADDICTION – IT CHANGES YOUR BRAIN, STUDY FINDS…Internet addiction could cause damage to the brain similar to alcoholics and cocaine addicts, a Chinese study has said. The internet addiction disorder (IAD) is becoming a serious mental health issue around the world wherein an individual have an inability to [...]

Internet Addiction Alters Brain Similar to Alcohol, Gambling Addiction: Study

Internet addiction may cause chemical changes in the brain, much like the way addiction to alcohol or gambling does, a new study out of the Chinese Academy of Sciences found. alcohol and addiction news

Internet Addiction Causes Changes To Human Brain – Study

Internet Addiction Credit: May Shella Macuha Internet addiction causes changes in the human brain similar to people exposed to alcohol and drugs, a recent study has found. This was reported by international news sites on Wednesday, January 11, 2012. Researchers in China reportedly scanned the brain of 17 internet addicts and were compared with that [...]