Professionals in the field of healthcare are putting emphasis on sophisticated dialogues related to substance use disorder and alcohol addiction. Some of the recent developments in the therapy ...

Just last month, Jennifer Capannelli would wake up to a war raging inside her head. There was a part of her that wanted to give in and use cocaine, but there was another part of her that knew she ...

Ms. Szalavitz is a contributing Opinion writer who covers addiction and public policy. Not long ago, Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s history of heroin addiction alone would likely have disqualified him from ...

You're reading Part 5 of The War on Recovery, a yearlong investigation into how the U.S. denies lifesaving medications to people with opioid addiction. Catch up on ...

Dingle and colleagues explored the influence of addiction and addiction treatment on identity. They interviewed 21 people in a treatment community and found two distinct pathways, from pre-addiction ...

Despite what people may tell you, changing behavior is easy. It’s maintaining change that’s hard—creating new and sustained ways of thinking and behaving. As Mark Twain quipped, “Quitting [smoking] is ...

A study of programmes provided by one of the country's addiction and recovery charities has found that women's satisfaction ratings are higher than men when it comes to recovery. The findings are ...

Employers play an important role in an employee's recovery from addiction and substance use disorders. But they need the right tools to ensure their support makes a difference. Processing Content ...

Darnell Cox started using marijuana and alcohol around the age of 12. By 20 he had been introduced to hard drugs. His uncle had been released from prison, and Cox started spending time with him and ...

If you’re pregnant and have a substance use disorder (SUD), you are not alone. The Substance Use & Pregnancy—Recovery, Addiction, and Dependence (SUPeRAD) Clinic creates a place where you feel ...