Congressman Eric Sorensen announced two federal grants totaling more than $2.3 million from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to support drug use and addiction research at Chestnut ...

A study co-led by investigators at Mass General Brigham shows that mobile addiction services can be implemented across ...

When most people hear the word addiction, they picture someone whose life has visibly unravelled. Yet addiction is often hidden in plain sight – affecting people in workplaces, schools, sporting clubs ...

Hebrew University researchers found low body esteem and problematic social media use were the strongest risk factors. "We ...

Science has long known that having positive social connection is important to a happy and healthy life. But less is understood about how our brains support and encourage connecting with others. While ...

I teach a class on the psychology of addiction (Psych 477 at California State University in Long Beach) and as I have been preparing the lectures something has become very clear to me - textbooks ...

Drug abuse research became a subject of sustained scientific interest by a small number of investigators in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Despite their creative efforts to ...

Humans are social beings, we thrive when we have meaningful social interactions and connections with other people. The impact of our relationships on our quality of life can be profound. Most of us ...