The brain disease model of addiction holds that SUDs are chronic, relapsing brain diseases and that relapses are symptoms, and part of the expected course, of the disease (Morse, 2017). As with other ...

Some researchers argue that the roles of social environment and personal choice have to be considered in order to make progress in treating people addicted to drugs. By Jan Hoffman The message ...

One of the dominant ways of thinking about addiction is as a disease. While there is evidence for this approach, it often ...

We need a new paradigm for addiction that puts psychology first and recognizes its heterogeneity. Only then will we see that ...