/newsroom/taxonomy/term/62/all en /newsroom/channels/news/were-not-addicted-smartphones-were-addicted-social-interaction-284522 <p>We all know people who, seemingly incapable of living without the bright screen of their phone for more than a few minutes, are constantly texting and checking out what friends are up to on social media.</p> <p>These are examples of what many consider to be the antisocial behaviour brought on by smartphone addiction, a phenomenon that has garnered media attention in the past few months and led  investors and consumers to demand that tech giants address this problem.</p> <p>But what if we were looking at things the wrong way? Could smartphone addiction be hyper-social, not anti-social?</p> Tue, 06 Feb 2018 16:43:51 +0000 justin.dupuis@mcgill.ca 32937 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/scientists-identify-key-gene-associated-addiction-254372 <p>A new study published in the journal <em>Molecular Psychiatry</em> by a team led by Salah El Mestikawy, Ph.D., researcher at the Douglas Mental Health University Institute (CIUSSS de l’Ouest-de-l’île-de-Montréal), professor at ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ University and head of research at CNRS INSERM UPMC in Paris, opens the field to new understanding of the molecular mechanism underlying addiction in humans. Tue, 04 Aug 2015 14:16:24 +0000 cynthia.lee@mcgill.ca 24381 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/alcohol-consumption-oecd-250817 Mon, 11 May 2015 15:42:12 +0000 melody.enguix@mcgill.ca 22533 at /newsroom