Dr. David Brendel answers the question: 'Substance Abuse And Depression?' — -- Question: What is the relationship between depression and substance abuse? Answer: There is a very close ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . There is evidence that GLP-1s can ameliorate psychiatric and neurologic symptoms. More clinical trials on the ...

Prescription weight loss drugs have been lauded as the miracle drug for treating diabetes and obesity, but new research suggests that these drugs, known as glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) ...

Most gambling addicts that arrive in treatment programs are eventually diagnosed with another underlying mental health problem, or comorbidity. Gambling addiction rarely develops alone. A new ...

I don’t drink anymore. I don’t smoke anymore.” He might have shrugged it off, but reports accumulated in his clinic and ...

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, nearly 13 million individuals seriously consider suicide annually, and around 1.5 million attempt suicide. Preliminary data for 2024 ...

Take a good look around any major urban area– and now, many rural spaces too– and you’ll see signs of drug abuse and addiction. The Baltimore City Department of Health reports that “In 2023, Baltimore ...

Recent studies of psychedelic therapy, using substances like psilocybin and lysergic acid diethylamide, or LSD, show rapid and lasting improvements to conditions like depression and addiction. One ...

An environmental microbiology major at West Virginia University has made a discovery that researchers have been searching for for years.

When people jokingly say they have a “drug of choice,” they’re implying a particular substance matches their emotional and psychological needs. They don’t realize they’re right: There are drugs of ...

A class of medications best known for treating diabetes and obesity may also reduce the risk of addiction – and help people who already have one, a new study shows. Semaglutide (also known as Ozempic) ...