Substance use disorder is a complex health condition that involves brain chemistry, genetics, life experiences, and your environment. Severe substance use disorder, or addiction, is repeated drug use ...

Ingesting drugs and alcohol may produce short-term rewards that then result in a lack of control over the behavior. Several behaviors similarly produce short-term rewards and result in a lack of ...

Recovery from addiction is a challenging journey, filled with both triumphs and setbacks. For individuals seeking long-term sobriety, relapse can be a disheartening reality. However, recent findings ...

Although self-harm is not formally classified as an addiction in the DSM-5-TR, some experts argue that it can manifest as a behavioral addiction due to its effects on the brain’s reward system.

Many people spend hours on the internet every week – but some people can’t pull away. For individuals with internet addiction, there’s a type of short-term therapy that can be an effective treatment, ...

Adolescents with an internet addiction undergo changes in the brain that could lead to additional addictive behavior and tendencies, finds a new study. Adolescents with an internet addiction undergo ...