A research team from Virginia Commonwealth University has found that a drug currently in clinical trials for brain disorders ...

Revenge is more than an emotion—it’s an addictive behavior. We get hyped about an epic revenge story to watch on the big ...

In standard brain disease models of addiction, the neurotoxic effects of abused psychoactive substances are thought to cause brain changes that spur compulsive cravings for drink, smokes, or dope.

Addiction isn’t a brain disease – but substance use is rarely a free choice either.

The author overcame his dependence on pills and alcohol. Now he wants to beat back misconceptions about the science of addiction.

The conversation around addiction has evolved dramatically over recent decades, with medical and scientific communities now firmly classifying it as a chronic brain disorder rather than a moral ...

Addiction is not a disease: A neuroscientist argues that it’s time to change our minds on the roots of substance abuse A psychologist and former addict insists that the illness model for ...

New research challenges the idea that substance use explains structural brain changes in youth, a theory that underlies current brain disease models of addiction.

Addiction affects millions of people, and some of the things that loved ones often do can end up holding people back from ...

For decades, medical science has classified addiction as a chronic brain disease, but the concept has always been something of a hard sell to a skeptical public.

Addiction is not simply a chronic brain disease and considering it as such can limit treatment options and increase stigma, an extensive research review suggests.