For decades, the dominant public image of addiction recovery was defined by emergency medical interventions, austere clinical ...

Addiction often isn’t about chasing pleasure—it’s about escaping pain. Researchers at Scripps Research have discovered that a tiny brain region called the paraventricular nucleus of the thalamus (PVT) ...

As behavioral healthcare continues to evolve, Lummis believes the industry still has significant room for innovation. Organizations willing to continuously evaluate their approach, listen to feedback, ...

HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, Fla. — A first-of-its-kind recovery center is opening in Hillsborough County with a mission not only to treat substance use disorders, but to reunite families and help former ...

Judge Shauna Hewitt-Michta often finds herself scanning the court docket to see who could be a candidate for the Westman drug treatment court. “We have quite a revol ...

Sean Kanan marks five years of sobriety and shares a heartfelt message of hope on Instagram for those battling addiction and ...

Your periods can reflect far more than ...

More young people will be able to vote in the next general election but many of them won’t be able to smoke on the way home – ...

Approval-seeking isn't a confidence problem — it's a conditioning pattern. A psychologist explains the one habit that actually interrupts the loop.

Jessamine O'Connor’s 'Somewhere' is a mightily strong debut with superbly evoked characters that will keep readers enthralled to the very end ...

True progressivism demands accountability, transparency and alternatives to policing, not another cycle of empty political ...

Heroin, methamphetamine, cocaine and fentanyl have flooded the Indian Ocean archipelago of 120,000 inhabitants. In the face of the crisis, the government finds itself overwhelmed.