I was talking with a friend the other night, and he asked me my opinion about the line between addiction and normal behavior. He was specifically wondering whether I think that everyone who looks at ...

Is addiction a choice or a disease? A psychiatrist explains how repeated substance use changes brain reward and ...

We need a new paradigm for addiction that puts psychology first and recognizes its heterogeneity. Only then will we see that for some, addiction is a form of deliberate self-harm.

Addiction touches every interaction in the person caught in its grasp; it does not only affect them. Originally a personal fight, what begins as a war for trust, stability, and emotional connection ...