There are medications that help people addicted to opioids stop using these powerful drugs and avoid a potentially deadly overdose. But fewer than 15% of patients who could benefit receive them.

Rather than thinking that adolescence ends at 18, groundbreaking brain research has shown that critical brain developmental ...

Seven years ago, only Nevada allowed wagering on sporting events. After the U.S. Supreme Court in 2018 struck down a ban on sports gambling, sports betting has spread to all but a dozen states. But a ...

Aug. 13 (UPI) --A new federal study is linking the ability to quit smoking with longer-term success from the grip of drug or alcohol addiction, as well. Scientists at the National Institutes of Health ...

Psychiatrist Robert Custer spent his life convincing doctors that compulsive gambling was not an impulse control problem. Today, his research is foundational for diagnosis and treatment.

Key Takeaways Remote addiction therapy provides flexible treatment options that accommodate work schedules and daily ...

At the Pacific Neuroscience Institute in Santa Monica, scientists are eager to explore whether a psychedelic chemical found in a toad could help people whose depression has not eased with typical ...

Addiction may not be just about choice or circumstance. A new study by the National Drug Dependence Treatment Centre at the ...

Researchers of a recent study published in Gut explored gut microbial involvement in food addiction-related processes. Study: Gut microbiota signatures of vulnerability to food addiction in mice and ...

There is a lot of interest in the question of if too much sex, sexual desire, masturbation, or viewing of pornography is an addiction like to alcohol or cocaine. In fact, an early version of the new ...

The study explained how often people consume pornography why they turn towards it and what happens when it becomes a coping ...