When you feel powerless against a craving or addiction, mindful observation is an effective tool to stop the urge in its ...

A mother who lost two of her sons to addiction is now doing her part to try and make sure no one else has to feel the pain ...

Addiction is one of the most common and consequential chronic medical conditions in the United States. Nationwide, more than 46 million people met the criteria for a substance abuse disorder as of ...

FALL CITY, Wash. - China, South Korea and Japan have several already. Now, the first in-patient treatment center for Internet addiction is launching in the Northwest, about three hours north of ...

During a combative Senate hearing last week, Sen. Angela Alsobrooks, a Democrat from Maryland, leaned forward and asked U.S. Health Secretary Robert Kennedy about his vision for a national system of ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Monday announced that his department will devote $100 million toward a pilot program addressing homelessness and substance abuse in eight ...

Fresh Start Ministry in Winnsboro offers a seven-month faith-based residential recovery program for men battling addiction in ...

Almost everyone in early addiction recovery wants to forget their addiction entirely—to erase it, outrun it, or bury it somewhere in the past. But what if true healing requires something different: ...

What do eye doctors have to do with drug addiction? New research from Massachusetts ophthalmologists shows the profession can be an important intervention point for patients experiencing substance use ...

It’s hard to talk about addiction. The American war on drugs has dedicated over half a century to treating addiction like a crime rather than a disease—portraying drug abuse as a moral failing instead ...

This story contains spoilers for the second season of The Pitt, including the most recent episode, “8:00 PM.” A psychiatrist I know once told me that the two most common diseases in the world are ...