LEWISBURG — Addiction is a dark and lonely path to walk, and the road to recovery is not an easy one, but according to ...

The disease model explains why willpower alone rarely overcomes addiction. While initial substance use may be voluntary, the resulting brain changes create a state where continued use becomes ...

I have an advantage, or maybe a disadvantage, compared with some scientists and psychologists who work on addiction. I was addicted to booze and benzos for 20 years on and off, from the late 1970s ...

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.

Specifically, the university’s Center for Addiction and Disease Risk Exacerbation was awarded the National Institutes of Health grant to, in part, bolster support for early-career faculty ...

is a startling departure from the usual tourism posters and welcome banners: “Addiction is not a choice. It’s a disease that can happen to anyone.” The statement is part of a public service ...

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’s not helping the person who is in active addiction; it’s not helping their family members, partners or spouses; and it sure isn’t helping to accurately educate the public on the disease ...

A heroin addict asked her cousin to write about the disease of addiction before she died. When she was 19, Alicia Cook lost her cousin Jessica to a heroin overdose. Before she died, Jessica ...