Most everyone is aware of the large number of opioid-related deaths over the last several years. However, few people are aware that most of our methods for treating addiction are over 50 years old, ...

GLP-1 agonist medications such as Ozempic have been game changers in the treatment of obesity and diabetes. Recently, a new study found evidence that Ozempic may be a promising medicine for ...

Evidence-based therapies for alcohol addiction have scientific validation behind them, making them more reliable than approaches lacking research support. Only 4.5% of people with substance use ...

As someone who has questioned our view of addiction—how we define and treat it—over the past five decades, often for Psychology Today, I look to the future as both a perilous, and a promising, journey ...

The fourth step in Alcoholics Anonymous requires participants to take a “moral inventory” of the problems their substance use has caused in their lives before asking God to remove their “defects of ...

GLP-1 medications – a class of drug originally developed to treat diabetes – have become a common tool for weight loss. Now, a growing body of research suggests they may have another use – addiction ...

Key Takeaways Evidence-based therapies for alcohol addiction have scientific validation behind them, making them more reliable than approaches lacking research support. Only 4.5% of people with ...