Addiction is one of the most intensely studied conditions in modern medicine, yet even with high‑resolution brain scans and genetic tools, scientists still cannot fully explain why some people get ...

It could be fertile ground for addiction, say scientists at UB’s Research Institute on Addictions (RIA). Research scientists at RIA, founded in 1970 as a part of the New York State Division of ...

Like many who have endured childhood trauma, Shannon Hicks turned to drugs at an early age. Pregnant by 16 and a mother of two by 19, she was married and living in her first home — believing she was ...

I’ve often commented that the distance between the addiction research community and the 12-Step community polarizes treatment and undermines creative collaboration. When the professional community ...

Mental health experts are nearly unanimous in endorsing the disease model of addiction. Alcoholism (now alcohol use disorder) was declared a disease in 1956 by the American Medical Association, and ...

The author overcame his dependence on pills and alcohol. Now he wants to beat back misconceptions about the science of addiction. “How should we think about addicts’ aims and agency?” This is the ...

Anne Giles wishes she’d understood the science behind addiction four years ago when she stood in her kitchen carefully measuring one cup of wine. Instead, she thought if she could drink only that one ...

Playing video games may seem like a harmless way to unwind after a long day at work or school. However, gameplay can sometimes dip into something deeper and more consuming. As gaming technology has ...

"We're focusing on the science behind addiction and what it can do to your brain and your behavior," said Bill Goodwyn, president and chief executive of Discovery Education, a subsidiary of Silver ...

“How should we think about addicts’ aims and agency?” This is the animating question behind Owen Flanagan’s “What Is It Like to Be an Addict?” An emeritus professor of philosophy and neurobiology at ...