The push to regard addiction as a disease is well-intentioned—driven by a desire to lessen stigma—but fails to account for the many facets and facts of the condition. Worse, it robs sufferers ...

What if we saw addiction more like we see cancer? Both deadly diseases, they are worlds apart in how they are perceived. It would sound heartless to tell a cancer patient to "get over it," yet ...

About 15% of adults who use heroin regularly develop the disease of addiction. So that’s very low.” 45% of opioid users develop addiction, not the majority The most recent studies revealed ...

Understanding addiction as a disease helps counter these harmful historical narratives. The impact of this historical context extends beyond individual families to affect entire communities.

Addiction is not simply a chronic brain disease and considering it as such can limit treatment options and increase stigma, an extensive research review suggests. After decades of research ...

Last week, a decade after the mental health profession reframed the national debate around addiction as “substance use disorder” — a treatable disease — the SJC issued new standards to ...

It can be kind of tough." But naming addiction as a specialty, and hiring people with training in this particular disease, is shifting the culture of Salem Hospital, according to Jean Monahan ...