At NYU, marijuana is a large part of campus culture. When I walked through campus for the first time, the pungent smell of cannabis lingered in the air, emanating from dorms, elevators and the corners ...

One DSM-4 diagnosis was sexual aversion, a “persistent or recurrent extreme aversion to and avoidance of all or almost all ...

A 52-year-old man has knocked his decade-long cocaine addiction on the head after receiving weight-loss injections. The jab ...

Robert F. Kennedy Jr., recently appointed as Secretary of Health and Human Services, has publicly credited his faith in God ...

Reward is absolutely central to habit formation, as neuroscientist Dr Aleksandra Herman told IFLScience. Herman is an ...

Insecure attachment and anxiety fuel emotional dependence, with new research offering key insights for targeted interventions.

A drug called buprenorphine may be the best tool doctors have to fight the fentanyl crisis. Why hasn’t it been more widely ...

Substance addiction is a critical issue that affects millions every year. For those seeking recovery, taking the first ...

Many are suffering from overstimulation by technology, and artificial intelligence threatens to worsen the problem. Dr. Anna ...

Attorney General William Tong is set to announce a new bipartisan legislation aimed at addressing the growing concern of social media addiction among youth on Monday morning.

Gambling stimulates numerous regions of our brain, and it can put you through the full range of emotions during gameplay. We can feel supreme joy, confidence, excitement, as well as remorse, regret, ...

A significant subset of people who start sports gambling go on to develop an addiction caused by changes in their brain ...