By Shreoshree Chakrabarty: Recent research and brain imaging studies support the concept of food addiction, showing that compulsive overeating can stimulate the brain's pleasure centres, much like ...

A doctor reviews a case from My 600-lb Life, discussing the challenges of emotional eating, food addiction, and the factors ...

It’s not only people addicted to alcohol or drugs who experience significant withdrawal symptoms if they stop using. Antidepressant (AD) withdrawal symptoms are also common, can be severe and ...

Before making any decision, ultimately and always, any discussion or consideration involving addiction and recovery must begin, continue, and conclude with medical advice.

n A BRAIN DISEASE: Most scientists now consider addiction a brain disease: a condition caused by persistent changes to brain structure and function. Using drugs repeatedly over time changes brain ...