Today’s conversation about “smart drugs” is fundamentally different and refers to the use of medications by people without psychiatric disorders who seek a boost or cognitive edge.

Find out more about how you can evaluate and treat ADHD symptoms in patients with addiction, in an interview with clinical neuropsychologist Christopher B. Mertz.

Buprenorphine (Suboxone and others) is an effective medication for treating patients with opioid addiction. Research has shown that it works better than standard psychosocial or “abstinence-based” treatments. But is the cost of the drug worth the extra therapeutic benefit?

New technology has brought with it a new addiction. Clinicians may now face the challenge of how to treat the growing problem of internet addiction, where patients experience online-related, compulsive behaviors that interfere with daily life, work, and relationships.

In this modern era of neuroscience, how can we take seriously the notion that an effective way to address the chronically relapsing brain disease of addiction is by recommending that those affected congregate frequently in rented church basements to discuss their addiction and recovery experiences?

Twelve-Step Facilitation (TSF) is a form of psychotherapy directly adapted from AA. The primary goals are acceptance and surrender.

Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) and its 12-step cousins are the oldest, best known, and most widely available recovery support groups. In recent decades, however, a number of alternatives have appeared that may be better suited for some people in recovery.

Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) occupies such a prominent place in popular culture and addiction treatment that it seems a little odd to question its effectiveness. But odd, counterintuitive questions about AA have been accumulating for years, and we finally have a book that collects them all in one place.

Philosopher Clancy Martin, PhD, shares his own experience with addiction and the role AA played in his recovery.

There’s been a big push in the past decade for screening, brief intervention, and referral to treatment (SBIRT), and evidence seems to support its effectiveness.