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 ...

I have an advantage, or maybe a disadvantage, compared with some scientists and psychologists who work on addiction. I was addicted to booze and benzos for 20 years on and off, from the late 1970s ...

Four core aspects of recovery that are essential for addressing addiction. Many people see addiction . . . as a character flaw or a bad choice. They don’t recognize that addiction is in fact a chronic ...

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 ...

May 16—If there was one take-away from the WNC Drug Awareness Walk held Sunday in Waynesville, it was that drug addiction is not a choice, not a parental failure and not a moral failing. Addiction is ...

The conversation about addiction within Black families requires a fundamental shift toward understanding it as a medical condition rather than a moral failing. This perspective change proves crucial ...

Mainstream and social media carry an extraordinary amount of influence on the public. And that influence as it relates to the dehumanizing information shared about people who have been directly ...

Scientists have uncovered a surprising connection between sugar metabolism and alcohol addiction, identifying a potential new therapeutic target for treating alcohol-associated liver disease (ALD) and ...

"In this multicentre tertiary care study across 20 European countries, addictive disorders were common among patients with chronic skin diseases," the authors wrote, adding that "the observed ...

This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American The prevailing wisdom today is that addiction ...