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

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

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 ...

Not all recoveries look the same. While addiction might feel universal in its pain and disruption, the way it lives in a woman’s body, the way it roots itself in her memories, and the way it loosens ...

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 ...

When we think of addiction, we often imagine the dramatic scenes from TV or movies, where a person’s life is visibly falling apart. But there’s a version of addiction that looks nothing like the ...

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