A new brain imaging study suggests that people who report symptoms of addiction to short-form video platforms—such as TikTok or Instagram Reels—may be less sensitive to financial losses and make ...

Addiction is not simply a chronic brain disease and considering it as such can limit treatment options and increase stigma, an extensive research review suggests. After decades of research, Professor ...

A new study finds changes in brain regions associated with addiction in frequent video gaming teenagers. But the findings raise questions about whether such research is really relevant to the ...

Scrolling through Instagram Reels, TikTok videos, or YouTube shorts may feel like a harmless way to kill your time, but neuroscientists warn that the effects on the brain could be more alarming and ...

This week, we are reporting on some promising treatments for two of the deadliest drugs in America: opioids and alcohol. William Brangham sat down with one of the nation’s leading researchers who is ...

Scientists have pinpointed a hidden brain circuit that may explain why withdrawal drives people back to alcohol.

Matt Field receives research funding from the Medical Research Council, National Institute for Health Research, Alcohol Change UK, and the Academic Forum for the Study of Gambling. He is a trustee of ...

Ms. Szalavitz is a contributing Opinion writer who covers addiction and public policy. In August 2021, while promoting her new book “Dopamine Nation,” the Stanford psychiatrist Anna Lembke discussed ...

By targeting a specific area of the brain, researchers at Washington State University may now hold the key to curbing the ...

Addiction is an illness. The American Medical Association recognized alcoholism as a disease in 1956 and affirmed the brain disease model of addiction in 1987. Yet, unlike most other illnesses, ...

Mount Sinai researchers, in collaboration with scientists at The Rockefeller University, have uncovered a mechanism in the brain that allows cocaine and morphine to take over natural reward processing ...

The Sanctuary at Sedona reports functional medicine enhances addiction recovery by addressing root causes and individual health factors for lasting sobriety.