Addiction medicine offers a useful framework. Many people use substances without developing addiction. The difference often ...

Experts are already treating addicted people with at-home neuromodulation devices to control cravings, and the future is ...

The terms “addiction” and “dependence” can seem similar, but they are different. Dependence occurs when the body physically relies on a drug. Addiction involves changes in behavior. A person with an ...

In talking with fellow clinicians about addiction, the one view that I encounter most frequently is this: Addiction is a trauma response. That is to say, if someone has an addiction (to alcohol, ...

Katelyn Fullbright on the day she graduated from Women in Recovery.Credit...Barrett Emke for The New York Times Supported by By Nicholas Kristof Photographs by Barrett Emke Mr. Kristof is an Opinion ...

School’s out. Teens are bored. And the siren call of social media and video games beckons. Parents and caregivers bungling through new summer routines, or lack thereof, have long sought to balance the ...

When I entered rehab at 23, I learned that trauma was a thread woven into most addiction stories. Many people in my program described horrific neglect or maltreatment, including sexual abuse, they had ...

This revelation could cut addiction-related deaths by 50 percent. As scientists unravel the link between GLP-1 medications and addiction, it may hold clues for the development a drug that can treat ...