A study explored how genes shape a person’s predisposition to alcohol, tobacco, cannabis, and opioid use disorders. The findings published in Na | Health And Medicine ...

Researchers analyze 2.2 million genomes to show that addiction risk is primarily driven by broad genes affecting brain wiring and impulse control, not drug-specific traits.

Guest post written by Michelle Ramos, PhD. Adolescent behavior problems are often classified as either internalizing or externalizing behaviors. Internalizing behaviors include things like anxiety, ...

Most of the genetic risk for developing a substance use disorder comes from genes that broadly affect how our brains process rewards, regulate impulses and weigh consequences—not from genes that ...

Researchers found that depressed inpatients with high masculine depression scores had a substantially greater acute mental ...

Rutgers‑led study of 2.2 million people finds addiction risk is driven more by genes tied to impulse control and reward ...

India, March 29 -- A large share of the inherited risk for substance use disorders may stem from genes that influence broader ...