BUFFALO, N.Y. – Leading researchers, clinicians and policymakers from around the world will meet next month in Calgary, Alberta, for a conference devoted to recovery capital, a pioneering theory in ...

Every experience leaves a trace in the brain, a memory that can shape future behavior. Alcohol and other addictive substances ...

Why someone becomes addicted to a substance has long baffled scientists and philosophers. Now leading researchers are getting the clearest picture yet of how addiction works in the brain and body.

Health Affairs' Rob Lott interviews Nora Volkow, director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) at the National Institutes of Health, to discuss addiction as a brain disorder, treatments for ...

An Indiana University undergraduate, a psychiatric researcher and a digital arts alumnus are working to bring a powerful, virtual-reality-based addiction therapy to a broader audience with support ...

Ms. Szalavitz is a contributing Opinion writer who covers addiction and public policy. Not long ago, Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s history of heroin addiction alone would likely have disqualified him from ...

The ability to exercise self-control and resist temptation is a key to maintaining a new behavior. We exert self-control when we resist the urge to consume alcohol or eat an extra slice of chocolate ...

The Camden County Board of Commissioners and the Addiction Awareness Task Force (AATF) launched the Break the Stigma campaign to change the conversation around addiction and recovery. This initiative ...

Gen Z “ghosts” alcohol as sobriety rises; The White Chip shows addiction and recovery. Gen Z is increasingly “ghosting” alcohol, embracing sober curiosity and redefining social life. Yet nearly 28 ...

Michele Gerber, Ph.D., is the founder and President of the Benton Franklin Recovery Coalition. She is the author of a recent ...