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Steve O'Keefe

Is Smartphone Addiction a Workplace Security Threat?

Forbes notices that smartphone addiction is a workplace security threat. We offer some suggestions.

Pain, Addiction, and the PVT

The paraventricular nucleus of the thalamus (PVT) – a node in the brain – could be the connection between addiction and pain.

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.

New Study Uses GLP-1 Drugs to Map the Pathways of Addiction

A summary of the research on GLP-1 drugs and addiction brings us one step closer to a unified theory of addiction.

No Impact of Cannabis Use on Inhibition Control or Attentional Bias

A new study from the University of Liverpool flips the script on cannabis use and brain functionality.

Eating Addiction Rages Among Middle-Aged American Women

What’s behind the stunning rise in eating addiction among older women? Is the culprit junk food or stress?