It’s not only people addicted to alcohol or drugs who experience significant withdrawal symptoms if they stop using. Antidepressant (AD) withdrawal symptoms are also common, can be severe and ...
Recreational drug use often begins as a seemingly harmless activity, a way to unwind, socialize or experiment. However, what starts as occasional use can quickly spiral into addiction, with ...
We need a new paradigm for addiction that puts psychology first and recognizes its heterogeneity. Only then will we see that ...
Everyday human behavior is guided and shaped by the search for rewards. This includes eating tasty meals, drinking something refreshing, sexual activity and nurturing children. Many of these behaviors ...
PHILADELPHIA — When Justin Carlyle, 23, began experimenting with drugs a decade ago, he found himself part of a generation of young Americans caught in the devastating wave of harm caused by fentanyl ...
Ana Clara Bobadilla receives funding from the National Institute on Drug Abuse and the Brain & Behavior Research Foundation. Everyday human behavior is guided and shaped by the search for rewards.