Addiction is not simply a lack of willpower. It is a long-term medical condition that changes the way the brain works. When a ...

Addiction doesn’t arise in isolation. For many individuals, it follows years of emotional adversity, trauma, nutrient depletion, and gut dysfunction. People experiencing addiction often eat poorly or ...

Groundbreaking substance use disorder (SUD) research sheds light on how the brain is rewired via synaptic plasticity when drug-seeking behavior becomes habitual and how the addiction-extinction ...

Addiction is not simply a chronic brain disease and considering it as such can limit treatment options and increase stigma, an extensive research review suggests. After decades of research, Professor ...

Struggling with substance abuse can feel overwhelming, affecting your physical health, mental wellbeing, and relationships.

While the South African National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence, SANCA, Drug Awareness Week (June 22-27) shines a ...

Researchers at the University of California San Diego have completed a massive genetic study that identifies key biological drivers of cocaine addiction, uncovering a potential new target for ...

Health experts say stigma remains one of the biggest barriers to recovery, preventing many people struggling with addiction ...

Mount Sinai researchers have found that a brain region that is implicated extensively in value-based decision-making and craving in people with heroin use disorder—known as the orbitofrontal cortex ...

Ms. Szalavitz is a contributing Opinion writer who covers addiction and public policy. Not long ago, Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s history of heroin addiction alone would likely have disqualified him from ...

A local program suggests the answer to breaking the stigma over addiction recovery and mental illness may be just to go ...