/channels/taxonomy/term/249/all en /channels/channels/news/fentanyl-kills-more-young-americans-covid-underlying-causes-should-worry-us-all-usa-today-337514 <p>February 6, 2022 | MPP alumna Henna Hundal has penned a new article for USA Today, delving into the the addiction and overdose crisis that has caused devastation across the United States, Canada, and many other countries around the world. </p> <p><a href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2022/02/06/fentanyl-deaths-young-americans-fear-and-depression-drive-overdoses/9314171002/?gnt-cfr=1">Read the article</a>.</p> Wed, 09 Feb 2022 15:13:12 +0000 webfull 177738 at /channels /channels/channels/event/mcgill-cares-webcast-recognizing-when-coping-mechanisms-become-addictions-327610 <p>Join us on<strong> January 20, 2021 at noon</strong> for the next webcast in our biweekly series, <a href="//www.mcgill.ca/medsimcentre/community-outreach/dementia/mcgill-cares-webcasts"><em><strong>Æ»¹ûÒùÔº Cares</strong></em></a>, designed to supp</p> Tue, 12 Jan 2021 19:12:17 +0000 webfull 166804 at /channels /channels/channels/event/neuroscience-mental-health-cocaine-addiction-how-you-take-drug-more-important-how-much-dr-anna-291995 Fri, 23 Nov 2018 16:32:48 +0000 webfull 143573 at /channels /channels/channels/news/were-not-addicted-smartphones-were-addicted-social-interaction-284522 <p>We all know people who, seemingly incapable of living without the bright screen of their phone for more than a few minutes, are constantly texting and checking out what friends are up to on social media.</p> <p>These are examples of what many consider to be the antisocial behaviour brought on by smartphone addiction, a phenomenon that has garnered media attention in the past few months and led  investors and consumers to demand that tech giants address this problem.</p> <p>But what if we were looking at things the wrong way? Could smartphone addiction be hyper-social, not anti-social?</p> Tue, 06 Feb 2018 16:56:53 +0000 webfull 134821 at /channels /channels/news/scientists-identify-key-gene-associated-addiction-254372 <p>A new study published in the journal <em>Molecular Psychiatry</em> by a team led by Salah El Mestikawy, Ph.D., researcher at the Douglas Mental Health University Institute (CIUSSS de l’Ouest-de-l’île-de-Montréal), professor at Æ»¹ûÒùÔº and head of research at CNRS INSERM UPMC in Paris, opens the field to new understanding of the molecular mechanism underlying addiction in humans. Tue, 04 Aug 2015 14:16:37 +0000 webfull 111543 at /channels /channels/news/how-genetics-shape-our-addictions-218156 <h4><em>Genes predict the brain’s reaction to smoking </em></h4> Thu, 20 Sep 2012 15:08:36 +0000 webfull 86163 at /channels /channels/channels/news/addiction-abnormal-communication-brain-224684 <div> <p>Addiction to cigarettes, drugs and other stimulants has been linked in the past to the brain’s frontal lobes, but now there is scientific evidence that indicates where in the frontal cortex addiction takes hold and how.  Addiction could be a result of abnormal communication between two areas of the frontal lobes linked to decision-making.  The discovery will undoubtedly stimulate clinical work on new therapies for millions of people who suffer from addiction.</p></div> Tue, 29 Jan 2013 17:11:37 +0000 webfull 94397 at /channels /channels/channels/news/study-shows-majority-smokers-re-ignite-their-habit-following-heart-attack-224687 <div><span><span></span></span></div> <div><span><em>Despite obvious motivation for quitting, 2/3 of patients will resume smoking within twelve months</em><br /></span></div> Tue, 29 Jan 2013 17:39:25 +0000 webfull 94401 at /channels /channels/news/addiction-abnormal-communication-brain-224835 <p>January 29, 2013 - Addiction to cigarettes, drugs and other stimulants has been linked in the past to the brain’s frontal lobes, but now there is scientific evidence that indicates where in the frontal cortex addiction takes hold and how.  Addiction could be a result of abnormal communication between two areas of the frontal lobes linked to decision-making.  The discovery will undoubtedly stimulate clinical work on new therapies for millions of people who suffer from addiction.</p> Tue, 05 Feb 2013 22:09:35 +0000 webfull 94560 at /channels /channels/news/alcohol-use-and-its-public-health-impact-250817 Mon, 11 May 2015 15:46:42 +0000 webfull 109967 at /channels