AddictionOct 26, 2018
What are the symptoms of addiction?
Addiction is a disease with a range of harmful conditions and behaviors. Recognizing these signs can help a person with addiction ...
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AddictionOct 26, 2018
What are the complications of addiction?
Addiction is a complicated disease involving an inability to stop taking a substance or carrying out a particularly damaging behavior ...
AddictionOct 25, 2018
Mind’s quality control center found in long-ignored brain area
The cerebellum, once thought to be limited to controlling movement, is involved in every aspect of higher brain function, according to a new study.
AddictionOct 22, 2018
What Screen Addictions and Drug Addictions Have in Common
Imagine a website that reviewed narcotics. Imagine that people who were really into methamphetamine or heroin could go to one of ...
AddictionOct 22, 2018
NJ medical marijuana card for opioid use? NJ 'exploring' weed in fight vs. opioid crisis
TRENTON — Opioid addicts in New Jersey, no matter how they got hooked on the deadly drugs, including heroin and prescription ...
AddictionOct 12, 2018
Effects of a high-fat diet may be passed on for three generations
A high-fat diet in female mice affects their offspring's obesity, insulin resistance and addictive-like behaviors for three generations, according to a new study.
AddictionOct 11, 2018
Brain Change in Addiction as Learning, Not Disease
The brain disease model is the most prevalent model of addiction in the western world. Particularly in the United States, it ...
AddictionOct 8, 2018
Club drug GHB associated with brain and cognitive changes
Scientists have discovered that regular use of the party drug GHB, and especially unconsciousness following GHB use, is associated with brain changes including negative effects on long-term memory, working memory, IQ…
AddictionSep 20, 2018
Octopuses given mood drug 'ecstasy' reveal genetic link to evolution of social behaviors in humans
By studying the genome of a kind of octopus not known for its friendliness toward its peers, then testing its behavioral reaction to a popular mood-altering drug called MDMA or 'ecstasy,' scientists say they have found…
AddictionSep 12, 2018
Keep them guessing, keep them gaming
While conventional wisdom says that people don't like uncertain gains or rewards, a new study finds that uncertainty can play an important role in motivating repeat behaviors.
AddictionSep 9, 2018
'We have to reject the stigma': York County opioid addiction discussed at church service
"Mom, I'm a heroin addict." Graham Heindel uttered these words to his mother, Donna, in April 2017. His declaration triggered ...
AddictionAug 9, 2018
Can psychedelic drugs heal?
Many people think of psychedelics as relics from the hippie generation or something taken by ravers and music festival-goers, but they may one day be used to treat disorders ranging from social anxiety to depression…
AddictionJul 26, 2018
Sex Addiction
Sex addiction describes a compulsive need for sexual acts, similar to alcohol or opioid use disorders. However, it’s not ...
AddictionJul 16, 2018
Early puberty in white adolescent boys increases substance use risk
White adolescent boys experiencing early puberty are at higher risk for substance use than later developing boys, a new study finds.
AddictionJul 5, 2018
Data-sharing website may speed the response to new illegal drugs
The NPS DataHub allows forensic chemists to share data on new drug analogs, including their chemical structures and signatures, which are the keys to identifying them in the lab.
AddictionJun 4, 2018
Opioid death rate accelerates in York County and fentanyl is tied in to almost all cases
After countless prevention efforts and a state of emergency, opioid deaths are still increasing in York County. That’s no ...
AddictionMay 24, 2018
An Overview of Addiction
An addiction is a chronic dysfunction of the brain system that involves reward, motivation, and memory. It’s about the way your ...
AddictionApr 23, 2018
Most Behavioral Addictions Get Better on Their Own
Behavioral addictions and process addictions at this point appear to reflect an over-focus on transient, limited behavior problems. Indeed, a follow-up study by these same researchers found that ...
AddictionApr 17, 2018
Nursing homes routinely refuse people on addiction treatment — which some experts say is illegal
Nursing facilities routinely turn away patients seeking post-hospital care if they are taking medicine to treat opioid addiction ...
AddictionMar 13, 2018
How America’s prisons are fueling the opioid epidemic
When news breaks, you need to understand what actually matters — and what to do about it. At Vox, our mission to help you make ...
AddictionFeb 15, 2018
Opioid epidemic: Anti-addiction drug Vivitrol now offered to inmates at Bergen County Jail
HACKENSACK — Thomas Sussina never had a chance. After he was introduced to opioids at age 11 by his drug-addicted mother ...
AddictionJan 12, 2018
What Are the Early Signs of Addiction?
Recognizing an addiction problem in someone you know can be harder than it seems. The American Society of Addiction Medicine ...
AddictionDec 19, 2017
Work Addiction
Work addiction, often called workaholism, is a real mental health condition. Like any other addiction, work addiction is the ...
AddictionNov 22, 2017
'Their hearts are hurting:' Surrounded by death, addicts in York inch forward in recovery
Jacob Norton doesn't want to become part of York County's deadly heroin epidemic — but he knows he came close. It was about ...
AddictionOct 29, 2017
Heroin-addicted cry out for treatment now, but help can be slow
An average of nearly 500 calls a day rang into Cincinnati's Center for Addiction Treatment (CAT) in September. The website caught ...
AddictionJun 1, 2016
Addictions are harder to kick when you're poor. Here's why
Most addictions end by the time users hit age 30 – unless they lack stable, middle-class jobs Addiction does discriminate: it ...
AddictionMay 27, 2016
The Brain Disease Model of Addiction
The brain has many regions that are interconnected with one another, forming dynamic networks that are responsible for specific ...
AddictionJan 27, 2016
Neurobiologic Advances from the Brain Disease Model of Addiction
This article reviews scientific advances in the prevention and treatment of substance-use disorder and related developments in ...
AddictionAug 6, 2015
The Cognitive Psychology of Gambling
One of the proudest moments of my academic career was when my 1994 study on the role of cognitive bias in slot machine gambling ...
AddictionJul 28, 2015
The Psychology Of Live Online Casino Gambling
This empirical research also chimes with my own personal psychology of online gambling. One of the main reasons I don’t like gambling at Internet casinos is that I believe the majority of game outcome ...