There are many theories about the causes of addiction, the use and abuse of legal and illegal psychoactive substances. Biology, psychology, and social and cultural elements all play a role in the ...

No one chooses to get addicted. The process of addiction is set in motion automatically, by the brain’s response to a behavior repeated often enough because it is reinforced by the very ...

Ms. Szalavitz is a contributing Opinion writer who covers addiction and public policy. Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and I share the experience of recovering from heroin addiction. Like me, he started the ...

Chris Sanders’ “The Wild Robot” from Dreamworks Animation leads the feature competition of the 52nd Annie Awards for ...

Dec. 9, 2024 — Researchers found that adolescents with more symptoms of gaming addiction showed lower brain activity in the region involved in decision-making and reward processing; this blunted ...

The top 10 grossing movies of the year are all sequels. They're now sustaining the industry, but they're in danger of consuming it. The other day, as I was looking up a data point on boxofficemojo.com ...

As rates of fentanyl overdoses increase across the country, local addiction recovery providers find ways to start and succeed in substance recovery. Opioid-involved drug overdoses increased by 3% in ...

Through interviews, flashbacks and animation, we learn about the devastating ... roles as a former primary care physician and now as an addiction medicine specialist. Nearly every veteran patient ...

The Armored Core episode of Secret Level starring Keanu Reeves proves that some of these episodes have the potential for so ...

Addiction involves loss of control over use of a substance, often in the presence of physiological and psychological dependence on a substance and compulsion to continue seeking and using the ...

Thematically, the only issue fans can take with the Marvel Cinematic Universe is it's filled with tragedy. Fans hoped those ...

We chat with filmmaker Amanda Deering Jones about Little Mother Lies… Hi Amanda. Could you introduce yourself to our readers ...