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 ...

It’s easy to assume that if you don’t see evidence of mental health struggles or addiction in your immediate circle, they must not exist. The truth is the stigma and fear drive people to suffer in ...

One of the dominant ways of thinking about addiction is as a disease. While there is evidence for this approach, it often leads to a dismissal of addiction’s social causes, rooted in alienation and ...