People are silhouetted as they pose with mobile devices in front of a screen projected with a Facebook logo, in this picture illustration taken in Zenica October 29, 2014. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Files For ...

Scrolling through your Facebook news feed for the 10th time today? Updating your status – again? Checking to see what your ex-best friend from high school is up to? Clicking through friends’ vacation ...

Scrolling through your Facebook feed may seem harmless, but a new study in California suggests that when you do so, your brain reacts in a similar way to that of people who use cocaine and are ...

In a small study of Facebook users in Poland, depression was one predictor of greater vulnerability to becoming dependent on using the social media site. So-called Facebook intrusion is similar to an ...

Facebook conducted secret tests to determine the magnitude of its Android users’ Facebook addiction, according to a new report published yesterday. Like a bunch of crash test dummies, users of the ...

Social media is a fact of life now — but I’m sure I’m not alone in wondering whether we’re using it, or whether it is now using us. This same train of thought has also lead me to wonder how addicted ...

Friends on social media such as Facebook can be a great source of comfort during periods of stress. However, if they don't receive any support offline, stressed users are at risk of developing a ...

Facebook affects my productivity, my mental wellbeing, and my relationship with my wife, who isn’t too excited about my frequent checking. I need help. That said, I can’t (or won’t) just delete my ...

When Laurie Couch first joined the Affected by Addiction Support Group, a closed Facebook group with 70,000 members, she felt a sense of belonging. Here were people who understood her struggle to care ...

For many Facebook users, the urge to like a kitten video or snoop on a high-school flame is almost irresistible. As it turns out, this type of "Facebook addiction" may show up in the brain: A new ...