Having a family member or a close friend with a gambling problem puts people at greater risk of developing one, too, a new ...

A new doctoral dissertation shows that gambling disorder is linked to brain networks involved in self-control and brain ...

Despite significant advances in addiction science, a persistent and critical challenge remains: the vast chasm between the development of effective, ...

Key Takeaways Evidence-based therapies for alcohol addiction have scientific validation behind them, making them more ...

We need a new paradigm for addiction that puts psychology first and recognizes its heterogeneity. Only then will we see that for some, addiction is a form of deliberate self-harm.

Salt Lake City (April 10, 2024) - Worldwide, someone dies from drug or alcohol addiction every four minutes. Now, researchers at Huntsman Mental Health Institute at the University of Utah have been ...

Methamphetamine doesn't just spike levels of the pleasure-inducing hormone dopamine in the reward pathways of the brain—it ...

I teach a class on the psychology of addiction (Psych 477 at California State University in Long Beach) and as I have been preparing the lectures something has become very clear to me - textbooks ...

Adolescents with an internet addiction undergo changes in the brain that could lead to addictive behavior and tendencies, finds a new study by UCL researchers. The findings, published in PLOS Mental ...

The use of the high-frequency sound waves also is being adapted to treat Alzheimer’s disease, tumors and psychiatric disorders MORGANTOWN, W.Va.MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Nestled inside a giant MRI machine, ...

Editor’s Note (1/31/25): The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved the novel nonopioid medication suzetrigine for acute pain. That pain ranges from moderate to severe. The drug was tested in ...