Psychiatrist Robert Custer spent his life convincing doctors that compulsive gambling was not an impulse control problem. Today, his research is foundational for diagnosis and treatment.

A cross-sectional pan-European study reports that a high prevalence of addictive behaviours is affected by sociodemographic and disease-related factors in patients with chronic skin diseases.

TikTok, Instagram, YouTube and computer games pose a more immediate threat to teens than alcohol and cannabis, according to new research in Germany, shedding light on the numbers of teens with ...

Gambling is no longer confined to neon casino strips or smoky betting shops, it now lives in our phones, on our couches and in the middle of televised sports. As this new wave of gambling addiction ...

Most people think addiction means a person has severe withdrawal when not taking alcohol or drugs. But withdrawal symptoms occur with ADs and many non-addicting medications.

For two decades — as opioid overdose deaths rose steadily — the federal government limited access to buprenorphine, a medication that addiction experts consider the gold-standard for treating patients ...

Every other Thursday night, Maddie (using only her first name, in keeping with the program’s anonymity) heads to the Atlanta Triangle Club for a 12-Step recovery program called Internet and Technology ...

Addiction can be a loaded term. The word originated in the 16th century to denote an abnormal attachment, typically to alcohol, and was derived from the Latin term for legally binding someone into a ...

Southern Nevada is getting a first-of-its-kind hospital designed to treat substance use disorders and medical conditions, ...

Share on Pinterest A new study looks at how the brains of people with substance use disorder can be similar.Helene Cyr/Stocksy United New research demonstrates a common brain network among people with ...

A 4-year, $1.6 million grant will allow the university to expand programs designed to equip health care providers to respond ...

In the wake of Rob and Michele Reiner's deaths, online conversations about their son and substance use have been horrendous.