How can an activity that fulfills a normal physiological function, and is at the same time firmly responsible for the survival of the species, be an addiction? Sex addiction has gained increased notoriety in recent times, as we are constantly bombard ...

What is an Eating Disorder? An eating disorder is a complex illness and has different presentations. There are approximately ten eating disorders and subcategories, however, the most seen are: Anorexia Nervosa, which is categorised by extreme food ...

Prescription Drug Addiction - When Medication Becomes A Drug Addiction to prescription medication can be a confusing problem. Many drugs, prescribed as medication, have a well-identified but poorly understood property, whereby they are able to in ...

The Cochrane Collaboration is the gold standard in medicine if you want to know whether a particular intervention works. Its methods are rigorous and its reputation unquestioned. It works by meta-analysis where the combined outcomes of multiple publi ...

Are all addicts the same? I recently attended an addictions conference in London. One of the presentations that caught my attention focused on the problems presented in treating high net worth individuals, or more often, their children. We are talki ...

Researchers studied the brain scans of more than 1,000 individuals to determine which substance was more damaging to the brain. When it comes to long-term effects on the brain, researchers have found that alcohol may be more damaging than marijuana, ...

The Constitutional Court recently declared that the prohibition of cannabis cultivation and use within the privacy of one’s own home impinged on the constitutional rights of the individual and has instructed Parliament to change the legislation accor ...

Addiction is often affectionately or ominously described as a chronic, relapsing condition – something like a peptic ulcer or arthritis except a bit more dangerous. The problem with this description is that it is both inaccurate and irresponsible and ...

Spiritual programs like AA have long served as the mainstay of addiction treatment. So have people who are recovery successes. That's the problem. A friend recently asked what I’ve got against spirituality in addiction treatment, citing my opposit ...

The Internet has changed the way we communicate in ways previously only imagined. In addition to its instantaneous electronic wizardry, the fact that the internet is largely unregulated is an added attraction, especially to scoundrels who seek to exp ...