Addiction is a long-term condition, like asthma, diabetes, or high blood pressure. Of course, the goal is to stop using drugs or alcohol completely and not relapse. But when you see your addiction as ...

May 1, 2012 (New Orleans, Louisiana) — Results of a large randomized trial have shown that the combination interferon beta-1a and glatiramer acetate was not more effective than either agent alone on ...

Achieving complete remission should be considered the standard of care in antidepressant treatment (Thase, 1999). Succinctly, the goals of antidepressant therapy should be to: (1) reduce and ...

Relapse isn’t a failure. It’s a signal. It tells us that something deeper is still driving our old behaviors. For decades, I’ve studied the science of addiction, relapse, and behavior change through ...

I never get over the weirdness of introducing myself to a group of people at a 12-step meeting. “Hi, I’m T and I’m an addict,” is how I have started a lot of conversations. Other people in recovery ...