Ms. Szalavitz is a contributing Opinion writer who covers addiction and public policy. In August 2021, while promoting her new book “Dopamine Nation,” the Stanford psychiatrist Anna Lembke discussed ...

THERE'S NO DOUBT that media consumes a large portion of our lives. Like most things, there are pros and cons to joining platforms like Instagram, TikTok, X, and Facebook. And, in classic internet ...

It's past time for bed, but you can't seem to put your phone down. Then, just a few more minutes on Instagram, X, or TikTok turns into hours of doomscrolling, no matter how exhausted you feel or how ...

Maybe you’d like to spend time on hobbies or hang out with friends, but nothing feels as exciting and engaging as it used to –– so you just squander another hour on social media. Your problem may have ...

I’ve always been a big believer in balance. A little screen time here, a little fresh air there. (A little mindless scrolling, a little deep work…) But back in November, TikTok started to feel like a ...

Much of what we know about dopamine comes not from humans, but from experiments on rats – which cannot, of course, peruse the Internet or use smartphones. In a series of graphs produced by the ...

Some experts believe many psychological problems stem from excessive outside intrusions rather than inner conflicts. Anna Lembke, professor of psychiatry at Stanford University, contends that many ...