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

Is addiction a choice or a disease? A psychiatrist explains how repeated substance use changes brain reward and impulse-control circuits, turning behaviour into a chronic medical condition.

A new interdisciplinary study from BYU, opens an angle of neuroimmune research that could potentially lead to better medical treatments for individuals with alcohol use disorder. This collaborative ...

That was the picture that emerged on Liveline, as Kieran Cuddihy spoke to fitness and recovery coach Chris Jenkins, former ...

October 10th is World Mental Health Day, and this year’s theme is “Access to Services – Mental Health in Catastrophes and Emergencies.” We are told to think of wars, floods, pandemics, and earthquakes ...

Every day, drug and alcohol addiction shatters families, destabilizes neighborhoods, derails careers, and steals the lives of countless Americans. This National Alcohol and Drug Addiction Recovery ...

MIAMI — When Susan Akin first started injecting a coveted weight-loss drug early this year, the chaos in her brain quieted. The relentless cravings subsided — only they’d never been for food. The ...

Alcohol affects men and women very differently, especially women dependent on alcohol. For five years, the Yale Program on Sex Differences in Alcohol Use Disorder (AUD), headed by Dr. Sherry McKee, ...

Find out how alcohol affects women in midlife, the hidden health risks of daily drinking, and what you need to know to stay ...