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.

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 ...

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 ...

Getty We have slightly moved on from regarding the condition of addiction itself as a selfish lifestyle choice, a lack of self-control or a state of perpetual self-indulgence, to a disease of the ...

The mother of a Charlotte native and chef who overdosed last year is now sharing his story to educate others about the disease of addiction. ALSO READ: ‘Fentanyl is in everything now’: CMPD ...