The Addiction Cycle: What Are the 5 Stages of Addiction?
For example, a young adult might try marijuana at a music festival or drink excessively at a college event to fit in. This is how addiction works—the brain remembers the pleasure and demands it again. Addiction often...
Understanding Drug Use and Addiction DrugFacts National Institute on Drug Abuse NIDA
This may exacerbate their mental disorder in the long run, as well as increase the risk of developing addiction.43,44 Treatment for all conditions should happen concurrently. In addition, women have a unique set of risk factors for opioid...
Co-Occurring Alcohol Use Disorder and Anxiety: Bridging Psychiatric, Psychological, and Neurobiological Perspectives
For investigators seeking to bridge the multiple disciplines included in this review, the findings concerning stress Substance abuse responses pose challenges and opportunities for future research. For example, can individuals with AUD be distinguished meaningfully based on...
