Whitney Houston, Amy Winehouse, Charlie Sheen and Lindsay Lohan are just a few of the artists and actors who have suffered from drug addiction problems. However, hundreds of thousands of others also suffer from these problems. Sadly, our society has chosen to criminalize their problems, rather than treat them as...

Over the years, experts and practitioners have developed several methods and techniques to treat addiction. As reported by the American Psychological Association (2016), addiction may be defined as a condition in which one’s body demands a certain drug in order not to experience physical and psychological withdrawal symptoms. The first...

Introduction There are various theories of what causes addiction; some blame biological causes (primarily heredity), while others place more responsibility on the presence or absence of psychological or social factors (West, 2011). Few theorists would posit that either biological or psychological factors are entirely responsible for addictive behavior; rather, most...

The study reported by ABC News about gambling was done thoroughly and accurately. ABC News began by stating who published the study. This gave the article credibility because it gives the reader the ability to check their source and verify the statements made. This sets up the rest of the...

Addiction comes by the various neuroadaptive alterations that take place in different circuits in the brain. Evidence implies that the long lasting changes in the brain are responsible for the distortions of emotional and cognitive functioning that addicts are characterized of more specifically the mandatory to use drugs. Addiction is...