NIDA Investigates Use of Psychedelic Drugs to Treat Substance Use Disorders
The director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse encourages research into psychedelic drugs for the treatment of substance use disorders.
Is Food Addiction a Substance Use Disorder?
Scientific American interviews appetite neuroscientist Dr. Alexandra DiFeliceantonio about food addiction and eating addiction.
Avoidance Learning and Substance Use Disorders
Does avoidance learning lead to addiction or result from it? A new study tries to answer that question.
The Persistence of Substance Use Disorders
A trio of surveys looks at treatment attrition rates for substance use disorders and finds women and Hispanics are underserved.
Mothers With Substance Use Disorders
As the overdose death rate declines in America, it is skyrocketing for one group: mothers with substance use disorders.
Using Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation to Treat Substance Use Disorders
A Yale University researcher is testing the use of transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) in the treatment of substance use disorders.