A person with an addiction uses a substance, or engages in a behavior, for which the rewarding effects provide a compelling incentive to repeat the activity, despite detrimental consequences.

Addiction is a disease that affects your brain and behavior. With drug addiction, you can’t resist the urge to use them. If you’re worried that you or a loved one may have an addiction ...

Sex addiction divides expert opinion, but for some people it is a very real condition that can be shameful and even "life-destroying". As relationship charity Relate calls for help to be made ...

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 ...

We're learning more about the craving that fuels self-defeating habits—and how new discoveries can help us kick the habit. Addiction hijacks the brain’s neural pathways. Scientists are ...

Ms. Szalavitz is a contributing Opinion writer who covers addiction and public policy. In late 2016, Steven Klein realized that he’d lost control over his drinking and stimulant use. He became ...

Diabetes and weight loss drugs like Mounjaro and Ozempic may also help patients suffering from addiction, according to a new study. In the study, published Thursday in the scientific journal ...

"It really devastates me that we're exporting to PNG, and the Pacific, our gambling addiction," Mr Costello said from Port Moresby. Studies show two in five Australians gamble weekly, losing ...

Early on in medical training, one of us cared for Cara, a young woman with opioid addiction who was unhoused and wanted to stop using fentanyl. We started her on methadone—one of the most ...

Perry had been candid over the years about his health, including his struggles with addiction and related health concerns. Here’s what we know about Perry’s health history prior to his ...

The U.S. surgeon general’s call for mandatory, tobacco-style warnings on social media to raise awareness about its association with “significant mental health harms” is an important ...

Because the staff focused on Jay’s mental health as well as her addiction, her mother said, “They were really able to help her in such a short period of time. At the beginning, she had her doubts.