The Royal College of Psychiatrists warned this week that addiction services in England are not equipped to treat the eight million people who are drinking at high risk...
November 24th, 2019
In 2016, 10 times as many Americans as Germans died as a result of drug overdoses, mostly opiates. Three times as many Americans as Germans experienced opioid...
November 24th, 2019
Stigma and safety fears have made daily dose tapering of opioid prescriptions more common. Research from the University of California – Davis – shows tapering can...
A study published this month in JAMA Internal Medicine presents new evidence that mind-body interventions can help reduce pain in people who have been taking...
October 15th, 2019
The literature on addictive substances such as alcohol and tobacco has developed consistently over decades of study within the field of psychology, writes Bert Gambini...
October 15th, 2019
As a researcher and director of Dartmouth's Center for Technology and Behavioral Health (CBTH) in New Hampshire, Dr Lisa A Marsch explores how to use technology to...
September 4th, 2019The opioid tramadol produced a 10-fold greater risk of developing hypoglycaemia than virtually every other opioid, found a US study.
Since its approval in 1995, the...
August 29th, 2019Weakly regulated painkillers are causing untold damage in West Africa, but stricter controls could have dire consequences for patients with chronic pain. Laura...
All opioid medicines in the United Kingdom will have to carry prominent addiction warnings to protect people 'from the darker side of pain killers', Health Secretary...
April 28th, 2019Robin Wallace thought years of working as a counselor in addiction treatment gave her a decent understanding of the system, reports Deborah Becker for NPR. She has...
