A systematic review and Delphi study creates a new consensus statement on the meaning and measurement of relapse in schizophrenia, but until voices of lived experience are more fully engaged, there remains some way to go in reaching a valid consensus.

I never get over the weirdness of introducing myself to a group of people at a 12-step meeting. “Hi, I’m T and I’m an addict,” is how I have started a lot of conversations. Other people in recovery are accustomed to this. It’s one of the ways we ...

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Two research teams at UB's Research Institute on Addictions recently explored the scientific literature focusing on relapse to addictive behavior. The first team reviewed studies of relapse to driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs, and the second ...

Researchers have applied object recognition technology to track changes in brain cell structure and provide new insights into how the brain responds to heroin use, withdrawal and relapse. Object recognition software is used by law enforcement to help ...

A young man in recovery from addiction once gave me his perspective on the painful consequences of relapse: “It’s not the relapse that troubles me,” he said. “It’s the self-beating that comes afterward. It’s the notion that I have failed and I ...