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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

When child psychiatrist Javeed Sukhera, MD, PhD, was a few years into his career, he found himself doing it all. "I was in a leadership role academically at the medical school, I had a leadership role ...

Quitting smartphone addiction is good for mental and physical health. But how do you do it? Here are some of the best science-based methods. We spend 4 hours and 37 minutes on our phones each day, ...