Health Affairs' Rob Lott interviews Nora Volkow, director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) at the National Institutes of Health, to discuss addiction as a brain disorder, treatments for ...

Remarkable scientific progress over the past five decades has helped us develop knowledge of how drugs of abuse induce pleasure, reinforce use, and lead to the compulsive self-administration we call ...

The ketogenic diet significantly improves symptoms in epilepsy, schizophrenia, as well as in alcohol use disorder, opioid use ...

Mental health conditions, like anxiety and depression, currently affect about one in five people nationwide, making them one of the leading causes of disability. While diagnosis and treatment of ...

For decades, Americans have been told a simple story about addiction: taking drugs damages the brain—and the earlier in life children start using substances, the more likely they are to progress ...

Before COVID hit, Jillian, 68, didn't have internet access at her home — not because she couldn't get it connected, but because she was afraid of what might happen if she did. "I initially got onto ...

Understanding that people don’t have a choice in mental illness and addiction is the first step in reducing stigma and ...

Christie Brinkley admitted her whirlwind life with Billy Joel, filled with an alcohol addiction and a possible affair, was too much to handle, and she "had to walk away," RadarOnline.com can reveal.