In 12-step meetings, it is often said that someone was an addict before he or she “put in.” According to this view, putting a drug, whether alcohol or any other addictive substance, into our bodies in ...

BETHESDA, Md., Nov. 07, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Today, the Addiction Policy Forum released a new video explainer on the science of addiction available in 12 languages. The project, supported by the ...

1) https://www.frontiersin.org/research-topics/1036/alternative-models-of-addiction#articles – This is a link to a collection of 19 articles published in Frontiers ...

Here’s a scene we’re all familiar with: You’re dining out at your favorite restaurant, and you look around the room to see most of the people at other tables sitting in silence, scrolling through ...

Every year, approximately half a million men, women, and children in the United States die from illnesses, unintentional injuries, and homicides attributed to the use of nicotine, alcohol, and illegal ...

From China to Brazil to Germany, huge numbers of people are addicted to shopping, driven in part by companies that use gaming strategies. Sadie has spent years hiding her problem from her family. In ...

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 ...

Since addiction has physical, neurobiological causes, one would expect the brains of addicts to function differently than the brains of non-addicts. This is exactly what happens, says Dr. Howard ...