Addiction can affect anyone, regardless of background, education, or income. It often starts subtly—using alcohol to unw ...

We need a new paradigm for addiction that puts psychology first and recognizes its heterogeneity. Only then will we see that ...

Addiction is a condition that has long baffled physicians and philosophers, to say nothing of those struggling with it and those around them. People have long debated whether addiction is a habit or a ...

We deal with a lot of inherently traumatic things in medicine every day. We see people die or get terrible injuries. We see people who have lost control of their lives. We convince ourselves that it ...

Is addiction a choice or a disease? A psychiatrist explains how repeated substance use changes brain reward and ...

A new study published in Translational Psychiatry provides evidence that chronic heroin addiction impairs the neural networks ...