We need a new paradigm for addiction that puts psychology first and recognizes its heterogeneity. Only then will we see that ...

Addiction is one of the most intensely studied conditions in modern medicine, yet even with high‑resolution brain scans and genetic tools, scientists still cannot fully explain why some people get ...

The legal battle involving Jane’s Addiction and frontman Perry Farrell has come to an end. According to court documents obtained by People Friday, bandmates Dave Navarro, Eric Avery, and Stephen ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Quentin Singer is music journalist who covers rock and heavy music. Jane’s Addiction were clearly in the midst of a break up and ...

“After that show, without notice to Perry, we unilaterally determined it would be best to not continue the tour and made inaccurate statements about Perry’s mental health which we regret,” wrote ...

New research shows that while true Instagram addiction is rare, the widespread habit of labeling everyday scrolling as an “addiction” can sap users’ confidence, fuel self-blame, and steer them away ...

Lev Facher covers the U.S. addiction and overdose crisis. BOSTON — The president of a leading addiction medicine group issued stark warnings on hardline Trump administration policies on substance use, ...

I have a forthcoming article with this title in an Emory Law Journal symposium issue, so I thought I'd serialize it here; there's plenty of time to improve it, so I'd love to hear people's feedback.

Unlike with opioids, there is no medication to suppress cravings for meth and other stimulants. As use soars, hundreds of clinics are trying a radically different approach. Six months after a doctor ...

James Kimmel, Jr., is a lecturer of psychiatry at the Yale School of Medicine, a lawyer, and the founder and co-director of the Yale Collaborative for Motive Control Studies. He is the creator of The ...

We don’t usually think of anger and resentment the way we think about drugs or alcohol. But growing evidence suggests that, for many people, the craving for revenge follows the same patterns as ...