Addiction

Skipping dinner so you can drink your calories? There’s a term for that -- drunkorexia -- and studies show that it is associated with binge drinking and disordered eating patterns. A recent study published in the Addictive Behaviors journal seeks...

Hazardous drinking is associated with lower executive functioning, which in turn is associated with heightened alcohol-related problems, according to new research published in the Journal of Psychopharmacology.

Binge-watching is a modern phenomenon where TV viewers sit through two or more episodes of a series at one time. A growing body of research suggests there may be negative consequences to this behavior, similar to other addictive activities such...

Medications for opioid use disorder (MOUDs) like methadone, buprenorphine, and naltrexone significantly lower the risk of deadly overdose and all-cause mortality. MOUDs are one of the safest and most effective treatments available today. Despite this, only one in five people...

Problematic alcohol consumption, including extreme intoxication and binge drinking, is on the rise. This is true globally, but especially so in Western cultures and the United States. Individuals aged 18-29 and especially students are the most likely to engage in...

A longitudinal study among patients receiving opioid agonist therapy (OAT) uncovered a reduced risk of exposure to fentanyl among those who had recently used cannabis. The findings, published in the journal Drug and Alcohol Dependence, lend preliminary support for controlled...

Narcissistic individuals are a bit more prone to exercise addiction than their less narcissistic counterparts, according to research published in the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. The new findings provide insight into how different motivations to exercise...

An extensive body of scientific literature exists describing the many neurological correlates and consequences of addiction and addiction-related behavior. However, whole-brain network scans are a more novel approach and, according to the authors of a recent study in NeuroImage: Clinical,...

Maintaining abstinence from alcohol can be exceptionally challenging. A main goal of addiction research has been to find out exactly why it’s tough to give up the drink. In Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience, a team of researchers investigating how alcohol withdrawal leads...

College women tend to report consuming a greater number of alcoholic drinks after being subjected to sexist statements, according to new research published in the scientific journal Sex Roles. The findings shed light on the consequences of so-called "benevolent" sexism,...

That alcohol has an addictive dimension is well-known, and the effects of this particularly deleterious aspect have been well-documented. However, it is not well known how alcohol produces its addictive effects, given the fact that it’s naturally a very weak...

A recent study found evidence that heavy drinking is linked to a diminished brain response to other people’s pain, suggesting that binge drinkers may have a harder time processing empathy. The findings were published in NeuroImage: Clinical. Previous studies have...

New research provides evidence that psychological factors related to the COVID-19 pandemic may be risk factors for substance use initiation. The study has been published in the journal Psychiatry Research. "Given that there is so much unknown about COVID-19 and...

Cocaine-seeking behaviors and sugar-seeking behaviors activate different ensembles of neurons in the rodent brain, according to new research published in Molecular Psychiatry. The findings suggest that it may be possible to selectively target drug reward seeking while leaving natural reward...

The legalization of recreational cannabis in Colorado and Washington state was not associated with increases in adolescent treatment admissions for the drug, according to new research published in Drug and Alcohol Dependence. "The growth of marijuana legalization represents a dramatic...