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

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

The Trump administration has reportedly slashed federal funding for mental health and addition programs, a move that experts ...

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

A study using Swedish patient data found anti-obesity drugs were linked with fewer hospitalizations related to alcohol use, adding to a body of work suggesting these drugs could potentially be used to ...

From meditation to molecular science, addiction treatment is being reinvented. See how new breakthroughs are giving hope for recovery.

Many jails and prisons around the country don't provide medication treatment for opioid use disorder. Studies show that ...

University of Florida neuroscientists have made a mechanistic discovery that paves the way to test immune-modulating ...

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 ...

A new study indicates the amount of fentanyl being smuggled into the U.S. fell dramatically during the Biden administration.

A new study published in the journal Science Signaling has found that an immune system protein plays a central role in the ...

We don’t usually think of anger and resentment the way we think about drugs or alcohol. But growing evidence suggests that, for many people, the craving for revenge follows the same patterns as ...