Drug addiction poses a global public health challenge, with limited therapeutic options and modest efficacy. While clinical ...

Consider someone addicted to alcohol, drugs, or a behavior like gambling ... This apparent contradiction aligns with clinical definitions of addiction and with brain disease models, which suggest that ...

Many people with substance abuse problems are able to quit or can change their unhealthy behavior ... for someone else Take extra doses or use a drug other than the way it’s supposed to be ...

When a purchase is made, dopamine, a neurotransmitter associated with pleasure and reward, is released, resulting in a ...

By limiting their interactions, they reduce the risk of someone noticing changes in their behavior or physical appearance that could indicate drug use. Some women turn to prescription drugs as a ...

The impact that these medications appeared to have on reducing addictive behaviors was ... of the toolkit for addiction treatment. While Hendershot agrees that the drugs might eventually prove ...

2006). Concurrently, there is growing interest in the relationship between alcohol/drug use and sexual risk behavior, both in African countries (Morris et al. 2006) as well as in South Africa ...