Physical changes in the brain are its way to learn, to remember, and to develop. But we wouldn’t want to call learning a disease. So how well does the disease model fit the phenomenon of addiction?

This apparent contradiction aligns with clinical definitions of addiction and with brain disease models, which suggest that repeated substance use changes brain function, making drug use ...

The disease model of addiction also suggests to people that they existing in a fragile state of recovery forever, always in danger of failing.

Modern research has revealed something far more complex: addiction is a disease that changes the way the brain functions. It’s not about weak will or poor decisions.

Addiction isn’t a moral failure—it’s a disease. Learn how outdated beliefs delay care and how Dr. Roger Starner Jones, Jr. is ...

Researchers at the University of California, San Diego and the National Institute on Drug Abuse have developed a new biochemical approach to combat addiction, which shows promising results in reducing ...

A new study at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has discovered a surprising new mechanism in the brain that ...

Researchers have developed a model that rapidly converts stem cells to brain cells with protein structures characteristic of Parkinson's disease (PD), enabling the study of the condition&apos ...

A new study at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has discovered a surprising new mechanism in the brain that ...