Addiction is an umbrella term that reflects qualities of substance use disorder, characterized by an inability to stop using a substance despite harmful consequences. However, addiction is not a ...

It is well known that addiction is not, from a psychiatric point of view, a stand-alone issue. For example, people with a diagnosis of bipolar disorder are much more prone than the general population ...

Is addiction a choice or a disease? A psychiatrist explains how repeated substance use changes brain reward and impulse-control circuits, turning behaviour into a chronic medical condition.

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How a seemingly healthy habit can be damaging. — -- Since she was in elementary school, Katherine Schreiber, 28, remembers struggling with body issues. Sometimes these feelings were so severe she ...