Addiction often isn’t about chasing pleasure—it’s about escaping pain. Researchers at Scripps Research have discovered that a ...

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Within the brain, chemical neurotransmitters like dopamine and norepinephrine regulate mood, emotions and many physiological and behavioral processes. Their imbalance can contribute to anxiety, ...

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Make no mistake, addiction is a neurological brain disorder. When the subject of addiction comes up, people often lean on ...

A council has said a £5m investment in treatment and recovery services for drug and alcohol addiction will "reshape" support.

For decades, Americans have been told a simple story about addiction: taking drugs damages the brain—and the earlier in life children start using substances, the more likely they are to progress ...

Brian Jabas Smith has played music for crowds of 10,000, but reading from his debut collection of short stories, Spent Saints & Other Stories, on his coast-to-coast book tour has often been more nerve ...

I just didn’t think anything about it. It was something that he and his friends were all doing,” one Manhattan dad said about ...