Experiencing multiple childhood traumas doesn't just increase the risk of a single addiction. A new study suggests it creates ...

BELLOWS FALLS — Come see a sneak peek of "Uprooting Addiction," a documentary film and discussion which explores the connection between childhood trauma and addiction through personal stories and ...

Engineer and survivor Michael Menard exposes the hidden worldwide epidemic fueling countless deaths I spent my career ...

Childhood trauma has long been known to raise a child’s odds of developing depression and addiction later on. Now, a small but intriguing new study links these risks to specific changes in the brain, ...

October 20, 2011 — Both genetic and childhood environmental factors can increase the risk of developing later nicotine dependence (ND), according to new research. In a multisite study of more than ...

People with addiction are addicted to changing the way that they feel. Both drugs of abuse and addictive behaviors reliably and predictably change the way a person feels by stimulating the reward ...

Agape Center provides trauma-informed counseling for individuals, youth, teens, couples, marriages and families facing challenges such as anxiety, depression, PTSD, divorce, infidelity, childhood ...

Somhairlín Ó Cearbhaill, 33, was born into trauma, quite literally. The daughter of Irish immigrants who struggled with addiction, she came into the world with hearing, learning, and physical ...

Inventor and former Johnson & Johnson executive reveals the hidden epidemic destroying more lives than tobacco ...

According to an article in Scientific American magazine more than 40 percent of people with opioid addiction reported some type of childhood abuse or neglect, much higher than the rate for the general ...

On the west coast of Mexico, Michael Giardina, a Navy veteran, sat cross-legged on a cushion, and drank tea made with ground up psychedelic mushrooms. Later, blindfolded and lying down, his body ...

Not all recoveries look the same. While addiction might feel universal in its pain and disruption, the way it lives in a woman’s body, the way it roots itself in her memories, and the way it loosens ...