Anuvia Prevention & Recovery Center, VirtuAlly, and AvaSure have successfully launched a purpose-built virtual nursing program designed specifically for the unique clinical environment of substance ...

More babies are delivered having been exposed to drugs at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center than in any other hospital in ...

The mission of Substance use Training and Research (STAR) Lab is to advance the field of substance use prevention, treatment and recovery through rigorous research related to comprehensive workforce ...

Alyssa Hamel is a board-certified psychiatric provider, educator and researcher who can speak to the media about eating disorders and substance use-related education. The latter focuses on preventing ...

Nearly 19 million US children live with at least one parent meeting Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (Fifth Edition; DSM-5) criteria for substance use disorder (SUD), representing ...

With drug overdoses among seniors surging to historic levels, nursing homes will undoubtedly be drawn further into the world of addiction treatment. But facing additional regulatory scrutiny and ...

A band of more than 50 advocacy groups is calling for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to increase its efforts to ensure seniors battling substance abuse disorders are given sufficient ...

Substance use and substance use disorder differ by the frequency of use and the effect on a person’s life. Substance use disorder is a mental health condition. Substance use refers to using both legal ...

The combination of pharmacotherapy and psychotherapy is associated with reductions in emergency department visits and inpatient admissions along with lower total cost of care relative to either ...

Polysubstance use disorder is a mental health condition in which someone uses more than one substance at the same time or within a short period of time, despite a pattern of negative effects.

New research estimates that globally, only 6.9 per cent of people with mental health or substance-use disorders receive effective treatment for their disorders. Researchers from the University of ...

Upadhyay is a dentist practicing in the Greater Boston area. It was a routine day in my practice. A 28-year-old man — polite, soft-spoken, and visibly anxious — walked into my dental chair for what he ...