Addiction changes the brain, body, and behavior. Persistent insomnia, craving, depression, anhedonia, and anxiety may continue for months after sobriety, often leading to relapse. While we search for ...

Addiction is a relentless adversary, affecting millions of lives across the globe. It doesn't discriminate; it can touch anyone, regardless of age, gender, or social status. The grip of this ...

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What Is It Like To Be an Addict? Understanding Substance Abuse, by Owen Flanagan, Oxford University Press, 320 pages, $24.99 Addiction is a problem that defenders of liberty need to face, for if ...

A new study has revealed which addictions Americans are seeking help with the most, including porn, alcohol and gambling. Sabino Recovery, an addiction and mental health treatment facility based in ...

Researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine and the Salk Institute for Biological Studies have created a unique, cell-by-cell atlas of the amygdala, a small structure deep ...

Nosology—the classification of disease and illness—groups medical conditions according to organizing principles. This provides healthcare professionals and systems a common language for diagnosis and ...

Human behavior operates within a delicate balance, oscillating between varying degrees of freedom and sharp points of constraint. Among the most potent constraints that can limit our freedom, ...

Author Jared Klickstein was once one of the thousands of homeless drug addicts living on the streets in Los Angeles. Sick, a criminal and likely heading for overdose and death, Klickstein realized ...