A recent study found that adding EEG neurofeedback training to standard alcohol rehabilitation improved emotional competencies and life satisfaction in participants with alcohol use disorder, highlighting its potential as a complementary treatment to enhance rehabilitation outcomes.
A new study suggests that different types of addictive behaviors are driven by distinct cognitive processes, challenging the idea of a universal neurocognitive profile for all addictions and suggesting the need for tailored treatment approaches.
A scientifically-validated psychological scale can help determine if your pornography habits are crossing the line into problematic territory.
Adolescents with insecure attachment to their fathers are more likely to develop internalizing and externalizing mental health symptoms, which can lead to increased alcohol use. Attachment to mothers did not show a similar association with these outcomes.
Problematic pornography use is associated with increased body comparisons among men, which in turn is linked to more negative body image, according to a new study. But frequency of use alone did not show the same connection.
Acute social-evaluative stress increases anxiety and activates stress-related brain regions in individuals with alcohol use disorder, with women showing higher baseline stress and greater amygdala activation than men.
Researchers have discovered that sodium valerate, a compound produced by gut microbes, reduces binge drinking and blood alcohol levels in mice, offering new hope for treating alcohol use disorders through the gut-brain connection.
Male cocaine users exhibit increased and more persistent brain connectivity in specific states, particularly within key brain networks, linked to greater impulsivity and borderline personality traits, indicating disruptions in self-regulation and emotional processing.
A study of Indian men with alcohol dependence found that 67% suffer from sexual dysfunction, with loss of sexual desire and erectile dysfunction being most common.
Sex hormones like estrogen and progesterone influence opioid addiction and cravings, with women at higher risk for misuse and relapse. Understanding these hormonal effects could improve treatments and prescribing practices.
New research has found that the timing of cannabinoid use during alcohol withdrawal is key, with cannabinoids increasing anxiety at 4-hour withdrawal but reducing it at 24-hour withdrawal, potentially due to changes in neuroimmune cell activity.
Psilocybin reduces alcohol consumption in rats by altering specific brain pathways, suggesting potential for new treatments for alcohol use disorder, according to a study published in Brain.
Adolescent alcohol use is linked to larger hippocampal volumes, while tobacco and cannabis show no such effect, revealing substance-specific impacts on brain development.
Babies exposed to fentanyl in utero exhibited distinct facial and musculoskeletal abnormalities, suggesting a potential new syndrome linked to prenatal opioid exposure.
A study of adolescents found that anxiety, depression, loneliness, and violent experiences increase the likelihood of smartphone overdependence, with girls being more prone than boys.