Gov. Kathy Hochul is being asked by a state panel to declare a public health emergency over the persistent problem of opioid addiction in New York, where overdose deaths remain higher than they were ...

Columnist Teri Sforza writes that a treatment empire keeps going, even as state regulators accuse operators of endangering ...

"Most people with use disorders, they either have pain in their minds, or pain in their bodies," said Dr. Keisha Nicole House ...

NorthStar Regional’s Eden Prairie facility will offer 24/7 withdrawal management, residential care, and outpatient mental ...

The human amygdala (pictured in orange) plays an important role in addiction. Researchers at the Center for Genetics, Genomics, and Epigenetics of Substance Use Disorders in Outbred Rats study genes ...

MAT centers use medications such as methadone, naltrexone, or buprenorphine, in combination with counseling and behavioral ...

In the past, when someone was sentenced to substance-use-disorder (SUD) treatment in lieu of jail time in connection with ...

Meeting Them Where They Are Charles DiRosa knows all about the challenges of substance-use recovery. And looking back on 11 ...

Report reflects that the data exchange capabilities of behavioral health and social service providers left out of HITECH funding lag significantly behind traditional ...

There’s “California sober,” a term popularized by the musician Billy Strings and Demi Lovato for people who abstain from ...

Sanders County recently signed on to participate in the 20th Judicial District Adult Drug Court (JDADC). The court has been active in Lake County since 2016. The program was created to restructure ...

Cultural competency can increase the likelihood of good treatment outcomes. The global think tank and research institution, the Rand Corporation, states that staff trained in Veteran care can better ...