What is a vocation, and how do we find ours? A vocation, as David Brooks suggests, is an irrational factor wherein you hear ...

If you think compulsions are unpleasant and involuntary, you haven't kept up with modern conceptions of OCD, which find that ...

The assumption that addiction is always harmful has gotten us nowhere toward helping kids or regulating the corporations that ...

By Vijay Kumar Malesu A clinical study of treatment-seeking patients reveals that compulsive buying disorder affects men and ...

While the rest of us debate whether to tackle the dishes now or later, these individuals experience a visceral, almost primal need to restore order — a compulsion that has nothing to do with ...

"As he pocketed items, I’d surreptitiously scan our surroundings, mortified, hoping nobody else had noticed." ...

She was folding onesies at 2 a.m. when the image hit: her newborn tumbling down the stairs, limp and silent. The thought lasted maybe three seconds. The dread it left behind lasted the rest of the ...

For those seeking more support, the Utah Coalition Against Pornography takes place Saturday, March 14, headlined by President ...

Compulsive traits are tendencies to repeat patterned behaviors. They are often seen in psychiatric conditions such as obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), addiction and eating disorders. However, ...

New research from King’s College London found that compulsive traits may be driven by uncertainty about the future.

The “Uncertainty” Mechanism: Compulsive traits are linked to a specific decision-making strategy where habits are favored because the individual feels less certain about the consequences of long-term ...

What better dodge is there for draft-dodger Donald Trump than to get elected as the “peace president,” promise an end to ...