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

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

For years, addiction was seen as a matter of personal failure—a bad habit or a lack of discipline. People believed those who struggled with substance abuse could stop if they simply wanted to. But ...

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

In 1997, Alan Leshner, then director of the National Institute for Drug Abuse, wrote an article entitled “Addiction Is a Brain Disease and It Matters.” That eight-word title became the perfect sound ...

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One way to get that pleasure is to seek retaliation. Additional brain scan studies have shown that when people imagine ...

Media Workshop's session titled “Modern Captivity: Virtual Betting and Gambling Addiction” was organized by Anadolu (AA).

If I don’t change, my life will not get better.” Those were my son Daniel’s words—an aha moment of clarity, the springboard ...