Research indicates that discussions, debates, and studies in the 19th and 20th centuries explored personal agency and ...

The brain is a master controller, organized into large-scale neural networks that directly affect whether people with addictions break free or surrender. Research has identified a key site, the action ...

B.C.’s gambling addiction problem seems to be on the decline across the general population, according to a new government report.

When Alcoholics Anonymous groups started cancelling meetings across Canada and the United States amid the COVID-19 outbreak, some of the organization's Toronto members turned to their cell phones. *No ...

Neuroscientist Marc Lewis believes that treating addiction as solely a medical issue is wrong-headed when it comes to long-term recovery. "It calls for medical treatment as the primary intervention," ...

Children commonly use substances found around the house to engage in self-harm, and a new study shows that the rate has risen dramatically.