You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. Recent government support to aid families impacted by substance use is ...

People with an addiction do not have control over what they are doing, taking or using. Their addiction may reach a point at which it is harmful. Addictions do not only include physical things we ...

In many cases, it is a family member or very good friend who raises concern about the patient’s behavior (rather than the patient himself/herself doing so). The first port of call is usually a GP ...

Addiction is a long-term brain disease. When addiction is related to drugs or alcohol, the condition is also called a substance use disorder. Addiction has no cure, but it can be managed with ...

Every day, people embark on the road to recovery from addiction. Some choose—or are remanded by law enforcement—to do it with the help of some type of clinical service, some prefer the support of ...

The MHRA has strengthened addiction warnings for Z-drugs, benzodiazepines, and gabapentinoids after a review found risks of dependence and withdrawal.

Whether the substance involved is crack cocaine or alcohol or a behavior such as gambling, the common denominator of all addictions is continued use despite the development of negative ...

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It's time for America to end its black-and-white thinking about addiction and recovery, according to Johns Hopkins professor Hanna Pickard. Traditional approaches in the U.S.—framing addiction as ...

If you or someone you know is in crisis, contact the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline via call, text or chat. A new study finds that addiction to social media, mobile phones and video games is linked to ...

Employers can play a key role in helping employees recover from drug and alcohol addiction. Yet assistance programs are few and far between. Hans Bernard remembers a particular Wednesday in ...