Experts are reviewing popular new conditions like hoarding to see if they meet the criteria to be considered legitimate mental health disorders.

A new study finds a connection between genetics and lack of self-control often present in those who’ve battled substance abuse.

It’s great that it can get us where we’re going, but experts are finding that mapping technology may also be able to pinpoint houses where meth is being manufactured.

A legitimate disorder, IAD is garnering more interest, and new studies are being undertaken regularly to learn more about how excessive Internet use affects us.

New research shows marijuana smoke doesn’t hold the same dangers as tobacco smoke, but pot proponents shouldn’t start celebrating just yet.

Those with a legitimate need for drugs such as Ritalin or Adderall are having trouble finding them, due in part to growing abuse of the medications.

Tremendous talent and legions of fans couldn’t save Whitney Houston, whose history of substance abuse has been implicated as a factor in her untimely passing.

You don’t have to be involved with the drug trade to get swept up in their illegal activities, as one Mexico native learned the hard way.

It makes for a dramatic headline, but people are really dying from their video game addictions, making some question the time they devote to that XBox or Playstation.

Leslie Carter’s apparent overdose shows how drug abuse can run in families, pointing to a genetic connection that makes some more likely to abuse.

Pat Sajak recently confessed to regularly drinking on the job during the early days of Wheel of Fortune, but his amusing anecdote didn’t tickle everyone’s funny bone.

Are you buying the “exhaustion” diagnosis her reps are pedaling, and does it matter? Do celebrities owe you an honest explanation when their problems are made public?

VH1 will roll out a new Dr. Drew-hosted show, but this time those receiving addiction treatment in front of the cameras will be regular people.

A new study finds that a non-chemical addiction like obsessive Internet use can cause changes to the brain that are similar to those produced by illicit drugs.

A new study shows why some people may find it so hard to stop drinking when others have no problem knowing when to say “when.”

One in five Americans is mentally ill, making them three times more susceptible to substance abuse or addiction.

If you think marijuana is harmless, think again. A new study shows it can have powerful mental health side effects.

The former Melrose Place star landed in the hospital after reportedly mixing alcohol and prescription painkillers. Is rehab in her future?

The rapper and actor is apparently still puffing away, and now he faces marijuana charges in Texas.