Addiction & Recovery

The APA has finished revising the DSM and will publish the manual’s fifth edition in May 2013. Here's what to expect

Revisiting data casts doubt on the link between heavy cannabis use and declining IQ

Recent research supports the effectiveness of "eye movement desensitization and reprocessing"

A Russian procedure developed in the 1950s gave those with crippling disabilities hope--if they could handle the pain

A move to lengthen limbs internally rather than via an external scaffold could reduce the effects of painful treatments, especially among younger patients

New research finds a way to break an embedded habit, even a bad habit, at least for mice. Christie Nicholson reports

Science journalist Chris Berdik describes the sometimes dangerous power of expectations

Scientists have mapped a tiny roundworm's entire nervous system. Did it teach them anything about its behavior?

Physicians struggle to curb the growing number of lethal overdoses

Stimulating a brain region induces intense overeating

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