Is addiction a choice or a disease? A psychiatrist explains how repeated substance use changes brain reward and ...

We humans tend to think that if we are to understand something, then we must know its cause. This is especially true when we seek to understand vexing problems such as global warming, cancer, the ...

MISSOULA, Mont. - NBC Montana wanted to learn more about the correlation between violence and drugs after a Washington man admitted killing his son near Anaconda. Jeremy Cramer has pleaded guilty to ...

Are you curious about the world's most unusual habits? People can get hooked on things you might never even consider addictive. While some addictions are widely recognized, there are others that fly ...

Addiction is one of the most intensely studied conditions in modern medicine, yet even with high‑resolution brain scans and ...

One of the dominant ways of thinking about addiction is as a disease. While there is evidence for this approach, it often ...

When you hear the word "abuse," some form of physical abuse, verbal abuse or sexual abuse may come to mind. But people may not think about emotional abuse. This kind of abuse can be more subtle to ...