This guest post was written by Suzanne Mouton-Odum, Ph.D. The classification of body-focused repetitive behaviors (BFRBs) has been somewhat of a conundrum since trichotillomania was first introduced ...

For years, compulsive behaviors have been viewed as bad habits stuck on autopilot. But new research in rats found the opposite: inflammation in a key decision-making brain region actually made ...

A form of cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) designed to target impulse behaviors, such as pathological gambling and compulsive shopping, is proving to be effective in patients with Parkinson's ...

New research from the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience (IoPPN) at King's College London has found that excessive smartphone use is closely associated with disordered eating, ...

A long-held view is that compulsive behaviors involve individuals getting stuck in a "habit loop" that overrides self-control, but new research in rats from the University of Technology Sydney (UTS) ...

In a recent article published in Molecular Psychiatry, researchers performed longitudinal studies in rats to measure the sensitivity of early established versus compulsive polydipsic alcohol (or water ...

Is compulsive behavior common in people with Alzheimer’s or dementia? When someone is diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease or dementia, many aspects of his or her life are forced to change and will ...