Alcohol plays a role in over 200 diseases and injuries, contributing to more than 175,000 deaths in the U.S. annually and 3 ...

There are many theories about the causes of addiction, the use and abuse of legal and illegal psychoactive substances. Biology, psychology, and social and cultural elements all play a role in the ...

Depressed drinkers experience alcohol’s pleasure and stimulation, challenging beliefs about self-medication and addiction.

The seven recipients are honored for cutting-edge research on topics ranging from the neurocognitive mechanisms of ...

A paper published Wednesday offers the strongest evidence yet that this is more than just anecdote, or a placebo effect: It ...

As claimed by Abraham, alcohol addiction is not only associated with oral fixation but also initially aims ... In the view of Kleinian object relation theory, the inner landscape of the SUD patient is ...

Because addiction is such a complex phenomenon, there are many theories about what addiction is. They are of more than academic interest. It matters how people view addiction because that ...

Dr. Fisher is an addiction physician and bioethicist at Columbia University. He’s the author of “The Urge: Our History of Addiction.” When we think about any addiction, we tend to focus on ...

Consistent with our expectation (Hypothesis 2), social anxiety played a mediating role in the relationship between peer phubbing and social networking site addiction, which extends the earlier theory ...