There is an endless and overwhelming amount of information on the Web about addiction treatment options. Many people have no idea where to begin or what type of care that they or their loved one may ...

Every day, people embark on the road to recovery from addiction. Some choose—or are remanded by law enforcement—to do it with the help of some type of clinical service, some prefer the support of ...

Explore how recovery support is reshaping addiction treatment. Transform pathways to recovery and improve patient outcomes ...

Addiction to a drug means you cannot control your use of the substance, resulting in a harmful outcome. Drugs that are most commonly misused include alcohol, which can cause brain shrinkage, and ...

Most addiction research has focused on reward- and impulsivity-related neurocircuitry. However, the impact of the withdrawal/negative affect stage in the addiction cycle has been somewhat overlooked, ...

A "strong, positive association" exists between food addiction and type 2 diabetes that is only partially explained by body weight, new data suggest. In a large Danish population-based study, people ...

As a neurobiological process, addiction involves pathological patterns of engagement with substances and a range of behaviors with a chronic and relapsing course. Neuroimaging technologies assess ...

Figuring out how to help them can be tricky. And it might be difficult to know the right time to hold an intervention. Here are a few telltale behavioral signs to watch out for: Out-of-character ...