Recovery from addiction is a challenging journey, filled with both triumphs and setbacks. For individuals seeking long-term sobriety, relapse can be a disheartening reality. However, recent findings ...
The fourth step in Alcoholics Anonymous requires participants to take a “moral inventory” of the problems their substance use has caused in their lives before asking God to remove their “defects of ...
Traumatic experiences, such as sexual or physical abuse, severe bullying, psychological abuse, unhealthy pacing, or accidents, are common among people with eating disorders (EDs). In fact, up to 50 ...
Opioid addiction is a long-term, manageable disease. Like other ongoing conditions – such as high blood pressure and diabetes – setbacks, including relapse, can happen. About half the people who have ...
A new study published in the journal Neuron provides evidence that the brain stores competing memories of alcohol use and the ...
This transcript has been edited for clarity. John Kane, MD: I am Dr John Kane. I am a professor of psychiatry at the Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell in Hempstead, New ...
Recovery from bulimia nervosa isn’t always a straight path. It’s common to experience lapses or relapses along the way. These setbacks don’t mean failure — they’re opportunities to learn and ...
The benefits of removing small (≤6 mm), asymptomatic kidney stones endoscopically is unknown. Current guidelines leave such decisions to the urologist and the patient. A prospective study involving ...