Addiction

A study has found that over 80% of individuals seeking treatment for alcohol use disorder experience significant pain, linked to childhood trauma, PTSD, and heavy drinking, suggesting a need for better pain management in addiction treatment programs.

Individuals with alcohol use disorder experience a significantly higher spike in the liver hormone FGF21 after drinking, suggesting this hormone may play a key role in the disorder's development and potential treatment.

People with behavioral addictions show abnormal brain connectivity, with disrupted communication in networks responsible for attention, emotional regulation, and reward processing, potentially explaining difficulties in controlling addictive behaviors.

A new neuroimaging study has found that people with alcohol use disorder show reduced brain activity when alcohol-related distractions are present.

Men who frequently watch violent pornography are more likely to show sexual aggression, accept harmful myths about rape, display hostility toward women, and struggle with emotional regulation, compared to those who watch less or nonviolent content, according to new research.

A new study published in Personal Relationships explores how perceptions of a romantic partner's drinking habits are related to relationship satisfaction and mental health among young adults.

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 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.