A huge problem in our country is that most of the people whom we trust to provide addiction treatment are poorly qualified or unqualified. The biggest group of these are people without any ...

When ones anxiety level is at a point where they feel like using drugs or alcohol, the important thing to remember is to breathe Source: Brett Jordan/UnSplash One of the things that I remember growing ...

Healthcare experts say one of the best ways to prevent addiction is to ease the stigma of it and discuss it more openly.(WTOP/Melissa Howell ) Admiral James ‘Sandy’ Winnefeld was one of the most ...

Some say kratom is as addictive as heroin; others say it's the cure to their chronic pain. The supplement is easily ...

As someone who fell into substance addiction, I'm wary of using medication as the first solution to behavioral or emotional challenges for my son.

They help in more ways than just somewhere to stay. It really is a community that helps in every aspect of your life. What ...

The Department of Psychiatry gives residents the opportunity to train in Addiction Medicine and Addiction Psychiatry to help those battling substance use disorders and addiction through our fellowship ...

It’s absorbing, accessible, affordable and addictive as drugs. It served as a way to escape for Michael Vallerie at 16 years old. “Probably around seven to eight hours [of] screen time per day,” ...

A new training and development resource is available to the state’s addiction and substance use prevention professionals. The New Jersey Prevention Network recently launched The Learning Center. The ...

New research with mice has provided some fascinating insight into how addictive drugs hijack reward signals and influence neural processes associated with learning and memory. The research, published ...

The four-year project, led by professor Khoa Luu, will examine the growing amount of tobacco-related content shared online through social media and its potential impact on public health.