I’ve generally felt critical of the “disease” label for addiction. But having read your many comments and looked up some recent literature, I can now give it its due. Psychiatrists – because they are ...

The conversation about addiction within Black families requires a fundamental shift toward understanding it as a medical condition rather than a moral failing. This perspective change proves crucial ...

Addiction is a condition that has long baffled physicians and philosophers, to say nothing of those struggling with it and those around them. People have long debated whether addiction is a habit or a ...

Before she earned the title of the nation’s youngest certified prevention specialist, one idea transformed this Marshall ...

I have an advantage, or maybe a disadvantage, compared with some scientists and psychologists who work on addiction. I was ...

1) https://www.frontiersin.org/research-topics/1036/alternative-models-of-addiction#articles – This is a link to a collection of 19 articles published in Frontiers ...

COLUMBIA, Tenn. (WKRN) — On April 5, 2017, one Columbia family lost their son to addiction. Greg Witthauer died from a drug overdose. He would’ve been 31 years old in 2024. The CDC reports that in ...

A widely accepted assumption in the addiction field is that neuroanatomical changes observed in young people who use alcohol or other substances are largely the consequence of exposure to these ...

MSNBC political analyst Molly Jong-Fast ran defense for Hunter Biden in a new column and TV appearance by calling addiction a "disease" and not a "moral failing" as his federal gun trial concludes ...

The Matthew Perry Foundation has been announced and is founded in the "realization of Matthew's enduring commitment to helping others struggling with the disease of addiction." "In the spirit of ...