People with addiction are addicted to changing the way that they feel. Both drugs of abuse and addictive behaviors reliably and predictably change the way a person feels by stimulating the reward ...

A new UCSF study looks at the real reasons women with HIV are dying earlier than people without HIV, and finds these leading ...

U.S. Marine Cpl. Dakota Meyer, who once rescued three dozen people during a battle in the war-torn mountains of Afghanistan, was still in his 20s when the trauma came for him. Alcoholism, flashbacks, ...

For PTSD Awareness Day on June 27, the luxury Northern California rehab spotlights integrated care for trauma and ...

This study explored the relationship between childhood trauma and short-video addiction (SVA) symptoms, alongside exploring the potential morphological substrate underlying this association. Among ...

The fourth step in Alcoholics Anonymous requires participants to take a “moral inventory” of the problems their substance use has caused in their lives before asking God to remove their “defects of ...

Last year, a separate study by the Israel Center for Addiction and Mental Health found that Israelis may be developing a ...

Hebrew University researchers said reminders of the October 7 attack may prompt regular users to seek cannabis or nicotine as ...

Against the noisy backdrop of the district court in Cork city, incidents of theft of items such as groceries, clothing, toys, alcohol, and cosmetics are detailed day after day by prosecuting gardaí.

Food addiction describes addiction-like responses to ultra-processed foods, but it is not yet a formal DSM-5 or ICD-11 diagnosis. Evidence links it to cravings, loss of control, reward pathways, ...