The USD Department of Addiction Counseling & Prevention is aiming to help those who need treatment for substance use ...

During training for Carroll’s Crisis Intervention Team, first responders are taught what they may see when engaging ...

Researchers found that people with alcohol use disorder have unique brain connectivity patterns, especially in areas tied to ...

Growing awareness, increased resources, and the development of effective solutions for substance use and mental health have ...

There is growing recognition that drug abuse research in the United States has not always been attentive to the complexities ...

A study of over a million people in Sweden found that individuals whose parents had a substance use disorder face an increased risk of receiving a psychiatric diagnosis. The risk was found to be 80% ...

As teens continue to spend more time on screens and social media, a new study finds that among 11-12-year-olds, excessive ...

LISBON — Family Recovery Center (FRC) has received $300,000 in grant funding to support its efforts in helping to decrease substance use disorder by delivering needed services ... while also providing ...

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Drug addiction or substance use disorder (SUD) is a chronic brain disease. It happens when someone continues using a drug despite harmful consequences to their daily functioning, relationships, and/or ...

Santa Clara County is expanding services to address the local substance use crisis, aiming to double treatment recipients by ...

Substance use disorders (SUDs) present a formidable challenge to public health globally, with recent statistics from the U.S. indicating over 40 million individuals aged 12 and older affected, ...