New types of experiments call activity of hundreds of labs and thousands of scientific studies in neuroscience into question, and could...

The brains of adolescents react more responsively to receiving rewards. This can lead to risky behaviour, but, according to Leiden...

Callous-unemotional traits have been linked to deficits in development of the conscience and of empathy. Children and adolescents react...

In a new Canadian study, researchers from the Université de Montréal set out to investigate the genetic and environmental factors in...

Mindfulness is every where these days. But like many poorly defined concepts it can become anything to anyone. In this interesting...

Working with trauma in both mental health and the addiction field leaves imprints. This fascinating article in the Atlantic examines the...

A major challenge for substance misuse and related fields in the UK is to address the dramatic rise in drug related deaths. Findings has...

Naltrexone has become an important tool in the front line defense against overdose from opiates in both the the US and the UK. However,...

Drug related overdose rates are rising in both the UK and the US. One of the largest studies of over 13,000 deaths has just been...

I am very excited to announce that I will be covering the Psychological Therapist for Reflective Practice for two days a week with Second...

Studies from the US is showing a huge decline in risk taking behavior in young people. Reductions in smoking tobacco, the principle...

I have been meaning to include the expansive and state-of the art research from Professor William White for some time now. Whilst his...

If one reads the research on social mobility you cannot help but come to rather gloomy conclusions. Adding to this research that shows...

In lectures and training of addiction I often discuss the process of natural remission. This is where problem users quit use without...

Centuries of study have yielded many theories about how the brain gives rise to human intelligence. Some neuroscientists think...

An experimental therapy which involves a face-to-face discussion between a person with schizophrenia and an avatar representing their...

Recent studies into the nature of faith have been suggesting that believers in religion are more intuitive and less analytical in their...

Lucid dreaming is a state of sleep whereby you realize you are in a dream and have the ability to consciously control what happens next....

It has long been a puzzle whether fear of spiders and snakes was hard wired in us or learned. However, a research team the Max Planck...

As one of the 30 per cent of the population that experiences sleep paralysis, I am fascinated with the subject. Discussion of the...