Revenge is more than an emotion—it’s an addictive behavior. We get hyped about an epic revenge story to watch on the big ...

The "opioid crisis" claimed the lives of over 80,000 Americans last year, and that figure was a 27 percent drop on the drug overdose death toll in 2023.

The primary aim of the Brain-PACER study is to assess the effects of DBS to treat alcohol and opioid addiction in a randomized controlled trial study.

People suffering from severe alcohol and opioid addiction are to be offered a revolutionary new technique involving planting electrodes in the brain to modulate brain activity and cravings and ...

Ms. Szalavitz is a contributing Opinion writer who covers addiction and public policy. In August 2021, while promoting her new book “Dopamine Nation,” the Stanford psychiatrist Anna Lembke ...

Kirsten E. Smith, an assistant professor at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, disputes the definition of addiction as a chronic brain disease. “I am not in recovery,” she said.

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.

Internet addiction is associated with disrupted signaling in brain regions important for functions such as managing attention, a new study of teens has found.

Addiction involves and disrupts multiple networks, so it’s not just the dysfunction of the reward system but also the way it interacts with the brain’s executive control and emotional networks.

Addiction’s grip on the brain is complicated and often unique to the individual experiencing the disease. Its effects are mediated in part by the neurotransmitter dopamine, which affects a ...