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...
A literature review of 47 studies found that nearly half of cannabis users met criteria for cannabis withdrawal syndrome. The review was published in The Journal of the American Medical Association. Although cannabis is typically seen as a relatively safe...
A new study in Psychological Reports suggests that personality influences how people use social media. Their findings showed extraverted personalities along with people who have a fear of missing out (FOMO) on fun experiences exhibit more addictive behaviors on Instagram....
New research published in Frontiers in Psychology suggests that being absorbed by your smartphone might bear some resemblance to a hypnotic trance. A hypnosis experiment found that students with heightened smartphone addiction scores followed more hypnotic suggestions than their counterparts....
A recently published study provides new insight into the brain mechanisms underlying addictive smartphone use. The research, which appears in the journal Addictive Behaviors, found evidence of altered neural activity in response to smartphone cues among compulsive smartphone users. The...
Individuals experiencing higher levels of psychological distress and those who are more impulsive may be at a greater risk of problematic ecstasy use, according to new research published in Addictive Behaviors. The research found that both of these factors are...