Self-administration of drugs of abuse often causes changes in the brain that potentiate the development or intensification of addiction. However, an...
More »Physicians generally display better health and have lower rates of all-cause mortality than the general population.1 However, their education,...
More »Fewer than a handful of books have been published on the ethical dimensions and challenges in treating and helping persons living with an addiction....
More »The study and treatment of human sexual problems should fall under the purview of clinical psychiatry. Sexual behavior is an important factor in most...
More »Addiction has been defined as a condition in which a behavior that can function both to produce pleasure and to reduce painful affects is used in a...
More »The molecular events that accompany drug abuse and addiction are different for women than for men, according to new studies presented at the annual...
More »The nation's leading causes of death are related to alcohol and drug use, tobacco smoke exposure, and behavioral addictions. Each year, more than...
More »In my last column, "Accountable but Not Responsible" (April 2008), I suggested that long-term substance use could lead to a state in which the...
More »In 2006, substance dependence or abuse was diagnosed in about 22.6 million persons in the United States.
1 Addiction-related morbidity and...
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