compulsive

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The trial lawyers’ best argument is that platforms should have done more to limit compulsive teen use.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 25, 2026

Lowenthal’s bill cited social media’s dangers such as “exposure to harmful content, compulsive use patterns, exploitation, and adverse impacts on mental health and well-being.”

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 21, 2026

These findings could have important implications for psychologists, psychiatrists, patients, and caregivers who work with compulsive disorders.

From Science Daily • Feb. 16, 2026

The potential side effects of the medication, she says, finally explained Andrew's compulsive shopping - although at that point she had no idea about the true extent of his spending.

From BBC • Feb. 13, 2026

It is a compulsive, essentially neurotic kind of behavior, as mindless as an Ionesco character, but the wasp cannot imagine any other way of doing the thing.

From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas