It has been more than 10 years since China's health ministry officially recognized "Internet Addiction Disorder" as a disease. And although the evidence for such a designation remains far from solid, ...

Opioid addiction is a chronic medical condition. It can create long-term changes to your brain. Luckily, early treatment intervention can help you avoid some of the long-term health conditions ...

A bond forged in the kind of tragic personal loss that has become all too common in the United States — each of us had a son die from an addiction — compelled us to do something about the sorry state ...

South Florida has always been a unique place to live. Known for its beautiful landscape and endless places for activities, ...

Patients who meet an addiction medicine consult team while they're in the hospital are twice as likely to participate in treatment for substance use disorder after they go home, according to new ...

This review discusses: (a) classification and diagnosis of addictions; (b) studies demonstrating the role of heritable variation in addiction and the overlap of heritable influences across drug ...

Doctors have been prescribing drugs to treat substance addictions for decades. Most commonly known is the use of buprenorphine and naloxone (Suboxone) in opioid addiction which provides some opioid ...

Right now, the phrase “it’s ok to not be ok” should be emphasized to everyone. The pandemic and war between Russia and Ukraine have added to everyday life's stress, sadness, and difficulties. In his ...

Aversion therapy (AT) is a behavioral therapy that involves repeatedly pairing an undesirable behavior with an unpleasant experience with the goal of discouraging the undesirable behavior. Other names ...

Patients who meet an addiction medicine consult team while they're in the hospital are twice as likely to participate in treatment for substance use disorder after they go home, according to new ...