Based on the most recent statistics from the 2024 National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 48.4 million Americans (16.8%) aged 12 and older were diagnosed with a substance use disorder (SUD) in the ...

Sign up to receive our email newsletter in your inbox. Almost 300 community members participated in PEER Services’ 10th annual Step Up for Recovery event Sunday ...

Sarah Wild is a freelance journalist in Canterbury, UK. In 2003, Wendy Dossett chaired an international symposium at a UK university. “I don’t remember chairing it. I know that I did, but I don’t ...

North Carolina's first lady wants to remove the stigma and increase awareness of substance abuse disorder as a treatable medical condition, and encourage more people to seek that treatment for opioid ...

This activity was supported by Contract No. HHSP233201400020B between the National Academy of Sciences and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services/Assistant Secretary for Planning and ...

Two years ago, Tyler Yates lost his best friend to an overdose. At the urging of another person in the recovery community, Yates said his best friend stopped taking buprenorphine — a medication used ...

The three-day clinical training on “Comprehensive Care for Substance Use Disorder (WISE) Course 1: Clinical Care for Women with Substance ...

Ten16 Recovery Network is helping businesses become Recovery Friendly Workplaces through an initiative that educates employers to support employees in recovery from substance use disorder while ...

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 ...

Clinicians have worse attitudes toward individuals with substance use disorders (SUDs) than toward individuals with other medical or psychiatric diagnoses. 1, 2 These negative attitudes can lead to ...