Pointing to Ozempic as a paradigm shift, an elite rehab center is experimenting with GLP-1s to tame many forms of addiction.

A groundbreaking study from the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) in Canada has revealed that an experimental ...

Addiction can be a loaded term. The word originated in the 16th century to denote an abnormal attachment, typically to ...

For the first time, researchers have created genetically modified fruit flies that can become addicted to cocaine. The new model could prove valuable for the development of therapies to prevent and ...

Addiction isn’t a brain disease – but substance use is rarely a free choice either.

The author overcame his dependence on pills and alcohol. Now he wants to beat back misconceptions about the science of addiction.

The brain disease model of addiction has dominated public and scientific discourse on addiction (termed substance use disorder [SUD] in the DSM-5) over the past 3 decades. The model framed addiction ...

The conversation around addiction has evolved dramatically over recent decades, with medical and scientific communities now firmly classifying it as a chronic brain disorder rather than a moral ...

Decades of struggling with alcohol and drugs convinced me that addiction is a disorder that involves a person’s entire being.

Addiction is frequently understood as a neurological disorder, genetic propensity and behavioral dysfunction. However, these perspectives often miss the ways in which addiction is deeply intertwined ...