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

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

Is addiction a choice or a disease? A psychiatrist explains how repeated substance use changes brain reward 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 ...

October 10th is World Mental Health Day, and this year’s theme is “Access to Services – Mental Health in Catastrophes and Emergencies.” We are told to think of wars, floods, pandemics, and earthquakes ...

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 ...

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

In talking with fellow clinicians about addiction, the one view that I encounter most frequently is this: Addiction is a trauma response. That is to say, if someone has an addiction (to alcohol, ...