Addiction expert Dr. Drew warns that trendy "Dry January" and "dopamine detox" resets may signal deeper addiction issues.

From meditation to molecular science, addiction treatment is being reinvented. See how new breakthroughs are giving hope for recovery.

A new study published in the journal Addiction Neuroscience provides evidence that cannabidiol may help prevent the ...

For years, researchers have known of this seemingly incredible phenomenon: patients with addictions spontaneously losing those addictions after a brain injury, such as a stroke. “These were patients ...

About 27 million American adults, roughly the population of Texas, struggled with alcohol use disorder last year, according ...

It is frequently said that addiction occurs when drugs “hijack” the brain. It’s hard to nail down what that means, but it does rightly suggest that there is an involuntary takeover of the brain that ...

Max Chang and Irene Lee of University College London review neuroimaging studies of the effects of internet addiction on adolescent brains. Published June 4 in PLOS Mental Health, the study indicates ...

Scientists at Johns Hopkins have identified a previously unknown mechanism of cocaine’s activity in the brain, which could open new types of treatment for addiction to the drug. Intriguingly, it seems ...

Addiction is often more than strictly behavioral or psychological. It can be genetic, social, and in the case of Opioid Use Disorder, the regular use of the drugs can change the very physiology of the ...

Contrary to common thinking, cocaine triggers an addiction only in 20% of the consumers. But what happens in their brains when they lose control of their consumption? Thanks to a recent experimental ...