Why someone becomes addicted to a substance has long baffled scientists and philosophers. Now leading researchers are getting the clearest picture yet of how addiction works in the brain and body.

A new doctoral dissertation shows that gambling disorder is linked to brain networks involved in self-control and brain ...

Methamphetamine addiction has a way of looping back on itself. A rush of pleasure pulls you in, cravings follow, and the ...

Health Affairs' Rob Lott interviews Nora Volkow, director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) at the National Institutes of Health, to discuss addiction as a brain disorder, treatments for ...

As gambling addiction takes root in South African society, families are paying a price far too high. Discover how this crisis impacts lives and the urgent need for concerted action.

Alcohol does not simply relax the mind. It rewires it. With repeated use, drinking can splinter the brain’s carefully coordinated networks into scattered, competing circuits that chase the next drink ...

Experts agree that addiction is a disease, yet the disease model doesn't capture addiction's harmful effects on others.

On January 29 President Donald Trump issued an executive order launching “The Great American Recovery Initiative,” a White ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: Some people can become addicted to taking revenge, says psychiatrist and legal expert James Kimmel. But they can also be rid of the addiction, he ...

Key Takeaways Evidence-based therapies for alcohol addiction have scientific validation behind them, making them more ...