Addiction is one of the most intensely studied conditions in modern medicine, yet even with high‑resolution brain scans and ...

Smoking is dangerous, with big warning labels on the packages, but still, smokers can’t resist that one pull, again falling back into old habits. People are well aware of its fatal repercussions on ...

In talking with fellow clinicians about addiction, the one view that I encounter most frequently is this: Addiction is a trauma response. That is to say, if someone has an addiction (to alcohol, ...