The conversation about addiction within Black families requires a fundamental shift toward understanding it as a medical condition rather than a moral failing. This perspective change proves crucial ...

For years, addiction was seen as a matter of personal failure—a bad habit or a lack of discipline. People believed those who struggled with substance abuse could stop if they simply wanted to. But ...

The conversation around addiction has evolved dramatically over recent decades, with medical and scientific communities now firmly classifying it as a chronic brain disorder rather than a moral ...

Before she earned the title of the nation’s youngest certified prevention specialist, one idea transformed this Marshall ...

I have an advantage, or maybe a disadvantage, compared with some scientists and psychologists who work on addiction. I was ...

Consider two adult siblings who grew up in the same household and same family atmosphere. One sibling can drink socially—he enjoys a beer now and then, but overall, he can take it or leave it—while ...

Addiction is a condition that has long baffled physicians and philosophers, to say nothing of those struggling with it and those around them. People have long debated whether addiction is a habit or a ...

On this episode of Managed Care Cast, experts discuss behavioral health services, stigma reduction, and the 4 dimensions of ...

Are addiction and alcoholism diseases? After all this time, that question still divides people. I found myself thinking a lot about it this week in the wake of the trial of Michael Ryan Cody. Cody was ...

Addiction is a disease, not a crime. We need treatment beds, not jails. Would you jail a cancer patient for violating his ...