In talking with fellow clinicians about addiction, the one view that I encounter most frequently is this: Addiction is a trauma response. That is to say, if someone has an addiction (to alcohol, ...

Early trauma can have a multitude of detrimental effects and consequences—one of which is dysregulated arousal. Traumatic experiences can disrupt the normal functioning of the autonomic nervous system ...

A new documentary looks at one family in Appalachian Ohio suffering from generations of poverty, trauma and addiction. They are not alone. One in eight children in the U.S. reportedly live in homes ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The New York Times has a new profile on Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on how addiction and trauma shaped his life. New York Times ...

U.S. Marine Cpl. Dakota Meyer, who once rescued three dozen people during a battle in the war-torn mountains of Afghanistan, was still in his 20s when the trauma came for him. Alcoholism, flashbacks, ...

Breanne, a single mother, appeared live on video on The Ramsey Show and opened up about a spending addiction so serious that she’s currently in therapy to overcome it. When cohosts Jade Warshaw and ...

When most people hear the word addiction, they picture someone whose life has visibly unravelled. Yet addiction is often ...

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