One way to get that pleasure is to seek retaliation. Additional brain scan studies have shown that when people imagine ...
Experts agree that addiction is a disease, yet the disease model doesn't capture addiction's harmful effects on others.
One of the most powerful illusions in addiction is functionality. People continue working, parenting, socializing, and paying ...
More than a third of Americans report making New Year’s resolutions, statistics show, many of which are focused on kicking bad habits. Whether it’s smoking, overeating, drinking excessive alcohol or ...
New University of Minnesota Medical School research has found key advancements in drug addiction treatment. Researchers focused specifically on brain cells called astrocytes and chemicals like ...
The more flexible approach some doctors are taking clashes with traditional views of how to treat people with addiction.
Methamphetamine addiction has long been framed as a story of dopamine gone haywire, with the drug flooding the brain’s reward ...
A class of drugs commonly used to treat movement disorders like Parkinson’s disease and restless leg syndrome is pushing people into risky sexual behavior. Patients taking dopamine agonists say the ...
Progressive “harm reduction” advocates have insisted for decades that active users should take a central role in crafting drug policy. While this belief is profoundly reckless—akin to letting drunk ...