Cognitive behavioral therapy or CBT is highly successful in addiction recovery. Developed by Dr. Aaron Beck, it allows people to see the link between how they think, how they feel and how they behave.
Addiction medicine offers a useful framework. Many people use substances without developing addiction. The difference often ...
In her new book, What Would You Do Alone in a Cage with Nothing but Cocaine?, the philosopher Hanna Pickard proposes a new paradigm of addiction. Pickard explores the shortcomings of the brain disease ...
People with substance use disorder—whether addicted to alcohol, cocaine, heroin, or nicotine—share a strikingly similar ...
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. told a personal story of his own heroin addiction, spiritual awakening and recovery at a conference on drug addiction Thursday and ...
GLP-1 drugs, originally developed for diabetes and obesity, may also curb addictive behaviors by acting on reward circuits in the brain. Early trials show reductions in alcohol intake, opioid seeking, ...