addiction
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We met her at the Simon Community Hub in Argyle Street, a one-stop-shop for homelessness and addiction support run by the charity and partly funded by the local authorities.
From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2026
Did your work as a mental health nurse influence your rendering of trauma and addiction?
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 15, 2026
And if you’re a commuter, good luck telling someone their TikTok addiction is “breaching official MTA policy.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026
In a landmark trial in Los Angeles this year, tech giants were accused of creating "addiction machines".
From Barron's ● Sep. 9, 2026
The Yale paper notes that the word addiction derives from the Latin addicere, which translates to “enslaved to” or “bound by.”
From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel
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"This creates addictions and dependencies. It also leads to attention disorders," Macron told the pupils.
From Barron's ● Sep. 1, 2026
Compared with chemical dependencies, which have been well understood since before the first DSM was compiled in 1952, the framework for describing so-called behavioral addictions is extremely new, he and others said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 8, 2026
Newer ones such as semaglutide and tirzepatide, broadly known as GLP-1s, have exploded in popularity for weight loss and have shown promise for treating other conditions, such as addictions and neurodegenerative and liver diseases.
From Salon ● Apr. 4, 2026
At University College London, neuroscientist Dr Ravi Das has been trying to understand why some habits harden into addictions while others fade away.
From BBC ● Jan. 1, 2026
We heard warnings about black clothes and white makeup, Goth music, computer addictions.
From "Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho" by Jon Katz
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