Remarkable scientific progress over the past five decades has helped us develop knowledge of how drugs of abuse induce pleasure, reinforce use, and lead to the compulsive self-administration we call ...

The medication instead dulled her urges for the cocaine and alcohol that caused her to plow her car into a tree, spiral into ...

For weeks, Steele, an assistant professor of psychiatry at the Yale School of Medicine, and members of his lab have traveled to an addiction treatment center in Middletown, Connecticut, where they are ...

A study in China found that altered brain activity in the left precuneus mediates the association between childhood trauma ...

Mental health conditions, like anxiety and depression, currently affect about one in five people nationwide, making them one of the leading causes of disability. While diagnosis and treatment of ...

Addiction is often misunderstood, mislabelled, or missed entirely in the workplace. For the benefit of HR professionals, we ...

Understanding that people don’t have a choice in mental illness and addiction is the first step in reducing stigma and ...

Scientists have uncovered a surprising connection between sugar metabolism and alcohol addiction, identifying a potential new ...