Sobriety didn’t restore the old version of me; it allowed me to build a new one from the driftwood of the past,” ...

From sugar highs to dopamine rushes, new research shows that ultra-processed foods may hijack the brain’s reward system much ...

This article is part of a Health Affairs Forefront series titled “New Challenges for Health Care.” The series of articles focuses on emerging issues that are facing decision makers at provider ...

New recovery school in Loudoun County, Virginia, provides academic and treatment support for students with substance abuse ...

New research from UC San Diego found that cannabis use among youth may be responsible for 13% of new cases of regular tobacco ...

In a recent National Public Radio show on WBUR Radio Boston, Dr. Lance Dodes discussed his new book which attempts to debunk the science related to the effectiveness of 12-step mutual-help programs, ...

GLP-1 drugs, originally developed for diabetes and obesity, may also curb addictive behaviors by acting on reward circuits in ...

And no one thinks science alone will solve the problem. Olsen, for instance, compares drug addiction to the nation’s epidemic of diabetes. Even if doctors could give every addict a pill to block the ...

Addiction is typically characterized as a disease by experts and government officials. Yet, unlike most known diseases, the treatment of addiction is not based on scientific evidence nor is it ...

James Kimmel, Jr., is a lecturer of psychiatry at the Yale School of Medicine, a lawyer, and the founder and co-director of the Yale Collaborative for Motive Control Studies. He is the creator of The ...