Many researchers use the concept of ‘love addiction’ as a shorthand for exploring maladaptive romances.Illustration: Rita Liu/The Guardian Elizabeth Gilbert was using people like drugs: a point she ...

This is a complex issue, and we need to begin by stating one fact and then asking the question correctly. The necessary fact is that alcohol and/or other drugs can cause addiction. Without exposure to ...

Sex and love addiction is not an official psychiatric diagnosis. Instead, it is a colloquial (slang or informal) term used to describe a compulsive preoccupation with romantic relationships that ...

Jeremy Fall has been on a healing journey for years, publicly talking about mental health and his struggles with anxiety and depression. Now, the 34-year-old chef and entrepreneur is getting candid ...

Pornography addiction can significantly impact your life and relationships but there is hope for recovery. I’m not just a mental health professional, I’ve been “you” for many years. I understand ...

Are some of us more likely to be manipulated than others? New research shows that the desire to be loved can make us tolerate even the worst kind of gaslighting. Gaslighting is a form of psychological ...

When news broke that Hollywood director Rob Reiner and his wife, Michele Singer Reiner, were found fatally stabbed in their Los Angeles home and their 32-year-old son was arrested in connection with ...

In the wake of Rob and Michele Reiner's deaths, online conversations about their son and substance use have been horrendous.

Before Nick Reiner was arrested in connection to his parents Rob Reiner and Michele Singer Reiner’s deaths, their son had been candid about how addiction contributed to their complicated relationship ...

Ex-NFL player Mike Caussin spoke about their martial trouble on their podcast. Actress and country singer Jana Kramer and her husband, former NFL player Mike Caussin, seemed to have it all. Their ...

Men struggling against addiction are often socially impoverished. Their relationships, when they exist, are often negative.