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

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A new study published in Translational Psychiatry provides evidence that chronic heroin addiction impairs the neural networks ...

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

Methamphetamine doesn't just spike levels of the pleasure-inducing hormone dopamine in the reward pathways of the brain—it ...

Remarkable scientific progress over the past five decades has helped us develop knowledge of how drugs of abuse induce pleasure, reinforce use, and lead to the compulsive self-administration we call ...

Muse Treatment Alcohol & Drug Rehab Los Angeles has published a new educational resource that explains how opioid receptors ...

Is Internet Addiction Disorder (IAD) real? A new study suggests it may be — and that its effects can be seen in the human brain. The study asked those between the ages 14 and 21 questions about how ...

A 2024 U.S. national survey reported that 11.8% of males and 7.6% of females ages 12 and older met the criteria for Alcohol ...

Participants in a deep brain stimulation trial for drug addiction say the implants triggered compulsive behavior that upended ...