AddictionMar 30, 2022
Audio files are being used as 'digital drugs', survey suggests
A new study sheds light on the little-known phenomenon of binaural beats, where sounds purportedly evoke psychoactive effects.
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AddictionMar 24, 2022
Therapy can support medication treatment for opioid use disorder
Receiving psychosocial and behavioral therapy alongside medications for opioid use disorder leads to better treatment engagement and continuity, according to researchers.
AddictionMar 20, 2022
What is the link between OCD and addiction?
There is a link between all mental health conditions and addiction, including obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). People with ...
AddictionMar 18, 2022
Little evidence on how psilocybin therapy interacts with existing psychiatric treatments, review finds
As Oregon embarks on a voter-approved initiative to permit psychoactive mushrooms in clinical use, a new systematic evidence review reveals a lack of scientific research describing the interactions between widely used…
AddictionFeb 24, 2022
BrightView eliminates barriers to treatment of addictions
It was about 1970 that Brent Rebel realized he could sneak whiskey from his dad as long as he refilled the bottle with a little ...
AddictionJan 28, 2022
Is there a link between narcissism and addiction?
Narcissism is a personality disorder that shares many common traits with addiction. There are two types of narcissism, both of ...
AddictionOct 24, 2021
Is internet addiction a growing problem?
Cam Adair now gives talks around the world about the dangers of internet addiction Cam Adair finally realised that his addiction ...
AddictionSep 29, 2021
EMS ketamine use on agitated patients on cocaine increases intubation 5.75-fold, study finds
Patients with excited delirium often are administered ketamine by EMS before arriving at the hospital. Many of them are intoxicated or are using illicit substances, which may alter the properties of ketamine. A study…
AddictionSep 15, 2021
Montana launches program to treat stimulant use disorders
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AddictionAug 23, 2021
Possible antidote for club drug GHB overdose
Diclofenac and other NSAIDs may limit the passage of narcolepsy medication and illicit party drug GHB to the brain, decreasing the potential for fatal overdose, researchers find.
AddictionAug 17, 2021
Best Addiction Treatment Centers 2021
More than 21 million Americans suffer from alcohol or drug abuse. Every year some of those people lose their lives. According to ...
AddictionJul 6, 2021
Adult ADHD is linked to numerous physical conditions, study finds
Adults with ADHD are at higher risk of a wide range of physical conditions, including nervous system, respiratory, musculoskeletal, and metabolic diseases, according to a large register-based study in Sweden.
AddictionJun 30, 2021
Relationship Recovery Is Critical for Addiction Recovery
Humans are social beings, we thrive when we have meaningful social interactions and connections with other people. The impact of ...
AddictionApr 23, 2021
Signs and Symptoms of Addiction
Whether the substance involved is crack cocaine or alcohol or a behavior such as gambling, the common denominator of all ...
AddictionMar 16, 2021
Could birth control pills ease concussion symptoms in female athletes?
A new pilot study has shown when a female athlete has a concussion injury during the phase of her menstrual cycle when progesterone is highest, she feels less stress. Feeling stressed is one symptom of a concussion…
AddictionMar 10, 2021
Psychedelic science holds promise for mainstream medicine
A team of neuroscientists is uncovering how psychedelics affect brain activity. New work shows a strong connection in rodent models between brain activity and behaviors resulting from psychedelic treatment, a step…
AddictionMar 5, 2021
Addiction and the Brain
It is frequently said that addiction occurs when drugs “hijack” the brain. It’s hard to nail down what that means, but it ...
AddictionFeb 22, 2021
Sewage study shows which countries like to party hard
The Netherlands, United States, Australia and New Zealand are consuming the highest amounts of designer 'party' drugs, according to wastewater samples taken from eight countries over the New Year period.
AddictionFeb 16, 2021
Drinking, smoking, and drug use linked to premature heart disease in the young
Recreational drinking, smoking, and drug use is linked to premature heart disease in young people, particularly younger women.
AddictionFeb 5, 2021
Is Addiction a Disease?
Addiction is a condition that has long baffled physicians and philosophers, to say nothing of those struggling with it and those ...
AddictionFeb 4, 2021
Causes of Addiction
There are many theories about the causes of addiction, the use and abuse of legal and illegal psychoactive substances. Biology ...
AddictionJan 30, 2021
Gambling addiction experts see familiar aspects in Robinhood app
While the broader public may have gotten its first glimpse this week of the troubling and addictive nature of trading apps like ...
AddictionDec 23, 2020
AI-designed serotonin sensor may help scientists study sleep and mental health
Researchers have described how they used advanced genetic engineering techniques to transform a bacterial protein into a new research tool that may help monitor serotonin transmission with greater fidelity than current…
AddictionDec 18, 2020
CAPTUREing Whole-Body 3D movements
Neuroscientists have made major advances in their quest to study the brain; however, there are no tools to precisely measure the brain's principal output -- behavior -- in freely moving animals. Researchers present…
AddictionDec 9, 2020
New compound related to psychedelic ibogaine could treat addiction, depression
A non-hallucinogenic version of the psychedelic drug ibogaine, with potential for treating addiction, depression and other psychiatric disorders, has been developed by researchers.
AddictionJun 15, 2020
Researchers flush out worrying trend of designer drug use
In a sign that designer drugs are becoming more prevalent in Australia, synthetic cathinones -- commonly known as 'bath salts' -- have been detected in the nation's wastewater in the largest study of its kind in the…
AddictionMar 11, 2020
Problem Gambling vs. Gambling Addiction
Pathological gambling is more akin to a gambling addiction, but we found that only a tiny percentage of our national participants could be classed as such. What we did report was that 0.9 percent of ...
AddictionFeb 27, 2020
Types of Addiction and How They’re Treated
Addiction is a complex disease, but nearly a century of scientific study has helped researchers come to a deeper understanding ...
AddictionJan 2, 2020
Addiction treatment is broken. Here’s what it should look like
“If you build it, they will come” doesn’t apply just to a baseball stadium in a cornfield. I believe that the same ...
AddictionDec 5, 2019
New protein function could be key to treatment of drug addiction and behavioral disorders
The reward pathway of the brain causes feelings of happiness but is also involved in behavioral disorders like schizophrenia and addiction. A breakthrough study has now identified the role of a protein called Npas4 in…