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

What is addiction, and how can we stop it? The complexities of addiction have stumped scientists for decades. Today, with 48 million Americans over the age of 12 suffering from a substance use ...

Addiction is a global problem. It is a human problem. It is a non-discriminatory offender. It does not care about your gender identification, your financial status, your skin color, your sexual ...

Addiction is one of the most intensely studied conditions in modern medicine, yet even with high‑resolution brain scans and ...

The mental health crisis among young people in America is an emergency, and social media is playing a big role, U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy warns in an op-ed published in the New York Times. In ...

The main goal when determining the level of care is to match the intensity of the treatment to the severity of the addiction.

One of the dominant ways of thinking about addiction is as a disease. While there is evidence for this approach, it often ...

There’s no formal diagnosis (yet). But experts say there’s growing recognition of this problem — and some work on solutions. Can the word “addiction” — typically associated with drugs, alcohol, ...

Where does opium come from? The opium poppy grows best in warm, dry climates. Most opium is grown in a long, narrow stretch of mountains in central Asia, an area that starts in Turkey and moves east ...

Sex and love addiction is not an official psychiatric diagnosis. Instead, it is a colloquial (slang or informal) term used to describe a compulsive preoccupation with romantic relationships that ...