A new study aims to find the genetic causes specific symptoms of substance addiction, which could lead to a more nuanced way of looking at substance abuse, and ways to treat it. The study is led by Dr ...

Mental and substance abuse disorders were the leading cause of nonfatal health issues around the world in 2010, researchers say. These disorders were responsible for more of the global burden of ...

January is Substance Use Disorder Treatment Month, which is designed to raise awareness about those suffering with substance ...

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 ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – Washington County announced plans to create a deflection program — aiming to connect people facing substance abuse disorder with treatment rather than the criminal justice ...

Doctors don't like the word "addiction." It has overtones of moral weakness when applied to drugs like alcohol, nicotine, cocaine or heroin. Physicians prefer the term "dependence" because it ...

In many cases, it is a family member or very good friend who raises concern about the patient’s behavior (rather than the patient himself/herself doing so). The first port of call is usually a GP ...

One of the most powerful illusions in addiction is functionality. People continue working, parenting, socializing, and paying bills, which becomes evidence that nothing is wrong. Crisis is treated as ...

Recent reports suggesting that drug busts cause drug overdoses to spike not only rely on faulty data -- but faulty logic. The real cause of overdose deaths is lax enforcement and successful drug ...

Addiction is an umbrella term that reflects qualities of substance use disorder, characterized by an inability to stop using a substance despite harmful consequences. However, addiction is not a ...

Mental illness and drug addiction are nothing new to New Mexico, which ranks 10th-worst nationally for mental health in 2024 and sixth for fatal overdoses. During Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham’s six ...