I’ve generally felt critical of the “disease” label for addiction. But having read your many comments and looked up some recent literature, I can now give it its due. Psychiatrists – because they are ...

Addiction is one of the most intensely studied conditions in modern medicine, yet even with high‑resolution brain scans and genetic tools, scientists still cannot fully explain why some people get ...

Is addiction a disease? Do the kids I work with at CASTLE have a pathological response to drugs and alcohol? The disease model of addiction is compelling, and has served its purpose in bringing needed ...

(The US Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration). The primary objective of rehabilitation is to equip individuals with the necessary skills and support to achieve long-term sobriety ...

The murder of Rob Reiner and his wife by their son late last year raised an agonizing question: How is it that loving parents with all the resources in the world cannot save a child (or themselves) ...

While most prior studies have focused on brain-centric models of reward, some work has shown that gut-vagal signals have an effect on food-driven dopamine activity and eating behaviors. Yet it was ...

Ramirez is an associate professor of psychological and brain sciences at Boston University. When philosophers imagined the ship of Theseus, they asked: Can a vessel that has all its planks replaced ...

A study in mouse models demonstrates how cocaine alters hippocampal function, driving relapse, and identifies a possible therapeutic target. Researchers at Michigan State University (MI, USA), led by ...