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 ...
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Current reporting, research and professional developments across Addiction, curated for psychologists and behavioral-health professionals.
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 ...
AddictionJun 26, 2015
Your Porn Addiction Isn’t Real
The last time neuroscientists Nicole Prause (Liberos LLC at UCLA) and Vaughn Steele (Mind Research Network) published on porn ...
AddictionMay 24, 2015
Addiction treatment hard to find, even as overdose deaths soar
With nearly 44,000 deaths a year, more Americans today die from drug overdoses than from car accidents or any other type of injury.
AddictionApr 27, 2015
7 in 10 drug addiction patients give up after one treatment
Seven in 10 people treated for drug addiction in South Korea in 2024 had only one recorded hospital visit or admission that year, pointing to a persistent probl ...
AddictionSep 30, 2014
Study: Public Feels More Negative Toward People With Drug Addiction Than Those With Mental Illness
People are significantly more likely to have negative attitudes toward those suffering from drug addiction than those with mental ...
AddictionSep 24, 2014
Behavioral Economics of Addiction
Behavioral economics provides a framework to understand when and how people make mistakes. The new field of behavioral economics ...
AddictionJun 20, 2014
Opioid Epidemic
I Took Oxy And Fentanyl For Years. Here's What No One Is Telling You About The Opioid Crisis.
AddictionNov 17, 2013
Former NRL star tells of battle with pokies addiction and how he can help other addicts.
FORMER Parramatta Eels captain Nathan Hindmarsh talked frankly of his battle to overcome poker machine gambling addiction and how ...
AddictionJul 1, 2013
Psychology of Food and Alcohol Addictions
We are all creatures of habit, both good and bad; while creating good habits can be beneficial our bad habits may be self ...
AddictionApr 13, 2012
Guest column: Help and hope can overcome alcohol addiction
Alcohol misuse and addiction can be deadly, yet they are often a taboo subject; one that people either refuse to talk about, are embarrassed to talk about, or don’t know ...
AddictionFeb 3, 2012
Siblings’ brain scans could hold the key to drug addiction
Professor Chris Kennard, chair of the Neuroscience and Mental Health Board at the Medical Research Council which funded the research, said: “ Drug addiction devastates thousands of families in the UK ...
AddictionDec 4, 2011
The Seductive, But Dangerous, Allure of Gabor Maté
This post was written with Alan Cudmore. Gabor Maté is a distinguished figure in the addiction field, the author of "In the ...
AddictionOct 19, 2011
Dysfunction of the prefrontal cortex in addiction: neuroimaging findings and clinical implications
Neuroimaging studies have revealed an emerging pattern of generalized prefrontal cortex (PFC) dysfunction in drug-addicted ...
AddictionAug 15, 2011
Addiction now defined as brain disorder, not behavior issue
Addiction is a chronic brain disorder and not simply a behavior problem involving alcohol, drugs, gambling or sex, experts ...
AddictionMay 28, 2011
‘I have a hideous gambling problem’
Sydney - She's smart, capable and a loving mother to three young children but Rebecca is battling an often hidden feature of ...