addiction

Kendrick Lamar’s major-label debut album good kid m.A.A.d. city , released in October 2012, provides rich narratives relating to important mental...

Pornography triggers brain activity in people with compulsive sexual behaviour – known commonly as sex addiction – similar to that triggered by drugs...

New research reveals that brain damage affecting the insula – an area with a key role in emotions – disrupts errors of thinking linked to gambling...

New research suggests chronic cocaine use causes profound metabolic changes, reducing the body’s ability to store fat.

Research provides insight into why some individuals with a family history of drug abuse are at higher risk of addiction.

Medicines which increase levels of the brain chemical dopamine may hold the key to helping those addicted to cocaine and amphetamines kick the habit...

Research gives insight into why some people develop addiction.

Drug abuse is probably linked to an in-built tendency to act without thinking, as shown by studies of siblings of chronic stimulant users, a leading...