Stress and Substance Use Disorders
The Yale Stress Center summarizes the connection between stress and substance use disorders and recommends treatments.
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.
What’s Wrong With That Elvis Guy, Anyway?
Did Elvis feel empty of everything except psychological pain?
Serendipity of the Day
A book discusses some studies that show that most of the heavy users who live long enough do “age out” of addiction, and apparently, treatment has very little to do with it.
How To Resist Cravings
Recent scientific research shows how to resist cravings and rebuild a reward system damaged by addiction.