Some researchers argue that the roles of social environment and personal choice have to be considered in order to make progress in treating people addicted to drugs. By Jan Hoffman The message ...

But the conditions these rats were made to endure for the experiment — in effect, being alone in a cage with nothing but cocaine — is also a striking metaphor for the life circumstances known to be ...

Tobacco use in India is a complex, ongoing public health concernâ not just a bad habit, but a coping mechanism rooted in psychological need, socio-economic strain, and environmental influence. It's ...

There is a gaping hole in Jeff Jacoby’s essay attributing economic inelastic demand for unhealthy consumer goods to human stubbornness (“The two faces of human stubbornness,” Ideas, November 16). The ...

These common examples underscore that addiction is not about responding to exposure to the same drug one took before; it has nothing to do with the same drug you took before. Then there's the fact ...

Dr. Benjamin Rush, a signer of the Declaration of Independence and surgeon general of the Continental Army, was one of the pioneers of drug addiction research in the new America. 1784 Pioneer ...

When most people consider treatment for psychiatric problems, they usually consider medications and/or psychotherapy. However, emerging neuromodulation approaches using transcranial magnetic ...