More than a third of Americans report making New Year’s resolutions, statistics show, many of which are focused on kicking bad habits. Whether it’s smoking, overeating, drinking excessive alcohol or ...

Consider someone addicted to alcohol, drugs, or a behavior like gambling. Why do they continue, even when they say they want to stop? It's a question that highlights a fundamental disconnect: the gap ...

Correction appended, March 26, 2014. After weeks spent offering up increasingly desperate excuses for the glitchy rollout of Obamacare’s insurance exchanges, Health and Human Services Secretary ...

A narcissist a person who has an excessive interest in or admiration of themselves. They’re so vain — and this new study is definitely about them. Looking to weed out the narcissists in your life?

Most people think addiction means a person has severe withdrawal when not taking alcohol or drugs. But withdrawal symptoms ...

After coming out as gay, my parents rejected me and I turned to drugs. I went to rehab several times for my meth addiction, but it never worked. When I finally decided to work on my relationship with ...

WERNERSVILLE, Pa.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Parents whose children struggle with substance use disorder and other mental health conditions are finding peer support from the My Child & ADDICTION: ...

The rehabilitation industry in our country is, unfortunately, filled with false claims and bogus treatments. When I investigated the success rates of rehabilitation programs for my book, The Sober ...

Matt Field receives research funding from the Medical Research Council, National Institute for Health Research, Alcohol Change UK, and the Academic Forum for the Study of Gambling. He is a trustee of ...