Drug addiction — known clinically as substance use disorder — is a pattern of drug use that continues despite causing real harm to a person's health, relationships or responsibilities. It is a recognised medical condition, not a question of willpower or character, and it affects people across every walk of…

Istana's single-client model is built on a simple clinical conviction: that the people we treat recover better when everything is arranged around them alone. Here is why. Treatment built around you, not a template You arrive with your own history, your own circumstances and your own reasons for being here.…

Addiction as a disease Addiction is a complex disease, shaped by biological, psychological, social and cultural factors at once. You might be genetically predisposed to it, only for that predisposition to be drawn out by your environment, your community, or a relentlessly stressful working life. Your particular biology and your…