The brain disease model of addiction holds that SUDs are chronic, relapsing brain diseases and that relapses are symptoms, and part of the expected course, of the disease (Morse, 2017). As with other ...

Is addiction a disease? Do the kids I work with at CASTLE have a pathological response to drugs and alcohol? The disease model of addiction is compelling, and has served its purpose in bringing needed ...

The brain disease model promised clarity, but reality stayed messy For decades, the dominant scientific story has framed addiction as a chronic brain disease, a view popularized to counter the idea ...

This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American Over the past year and a half, Scientific ...

For years, addiction was seen as a matter of personal failure—a bad habit or a lack of discipline. People believed those who struggled with substance abuse could stop if they simply wanted to. But ...

The conversation about addiction within Black families requires a fundamental shift toward understanding it as a medical condition rather than a moral failing. This perspective change proves crucial ...

Pathroot Health expands its care navigation platform beyond addiction to support dementia, diabetes, ESRD, pain and ...

Classifying addiction as a disease can allow for better outcomes for patients. Classifying addiction as a disease can allow for better outcomes for patients. James Murphy, MD, discusses the treatment ...