9 Best Articles on Phone Addiction

What really causes addiction -- to everything from cocaine to smart-phones? And how can we overcome it? Johann Hari has seen our current methods fail firsthand, as he has watched loved ones struggle to manage their addictions. He started to wonder why we treat addicts the way we do -- and if there might be a better way. As he shares in this deeply personal talk, his questions took him around the world, and unearthed some surprising and hopeful ways of thinking about an age-old problem.

Phone addiction is one of the biggest non-drug addiction in human history. Studies show that excessive phone use is linked to procrastination, suicide (example), spoilt

Your mind is likely trying to exercise control over tough emotions by escaping from them—but that's not a supportive habit.

Studying why and how people take digital-media breaks can reveal what individuals and societies value in unmediated spaces

Financial catastrophe is now only a few clicks away, a problem that is showing quiet signs of becoming a crisis. "I can't just get rid of my phone," one problem gambler says.

I must admit, I’m quite addicted to my smartphone. My average daily screen time used to touch 9+ hours, which was not clearly healthy. This article is a follow-up to the one I published last year on…

You use your phone too much. Here’s how to stop the cycle.

We check our phones every 12 minutes, often just after waking up. Always-on behaviour is harmful to long-term mental health, and we need to learn to the hit the pause button

«whenever you feel like quitting – just do five more – five more minutes, five more exercises, five more pages – which will extend your focus»

At his company's recent F8 conference in San Jose, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg had a message for developers: Keep building. On Tuesday, Google CEO Sundar Pichai will take the stage at the search…