When you’re finished changing, you’re finished. – Benjamin Franklin September is National Recovery Month. While the term “recovery” can be applied to getting better or improving with regard to a wide ...

All In Solutions Wellness Center, a Joint Commission-accredited addiction treatment facility, highlights the essential role ...

A new wave of addictions has been identified in recent years known as 'process addictions'. Psychiatrist and Head of Addiction Services at St John of God Hospital Professor Colin O’Gara told Brendan O ...

Based on a framework for addiction recently published in the journal Behavioral and Brain Sciences, philosopher Chrisoula Andreou has offered up ideas to consider in our understanding of ...

Drug addiction is a chronically relapsing disorder that has been characterized by (1) compulsion to seek and take the drug, (2) loss of control in limiting intake, and (3) emergence of a negative ...

Many of the causes, reasons and risks of addiction are hidden deep within the brain. The brains of those with serious addictions change over time, along with the ability to make decisions about ...

We discuss Process Addiction. Shopping, gambling, gaming, social media use, etc. We discuss process addiction, a compulsive behavior that involves engaging in activities that negatively impact life ...

The process is complicated, an interplay between a susceptible person and a form of gambling that exploits the vulnerability. Slot machines, with their fast, repetitive play, are an ideal catalyst for ...

The term “affluenza”—a portmanteau of affluence and influenza, defined as a “painful, contagious, socially transmitted condition of overload, debt, anxiety, and waste, resulting from the dogged ...