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 ...

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 ...

A 45-year-old man presents to his primary care office at 9:00 AM after he was asked to leave work the day before because he smelled of alcohol and had been acting erratically. This is the fourth ...

Often starting in adolescence or young adulthood, many individuals have both a substance abuse disorder and at least one psychiatric disorder, although which diagnosis came first is frequently unclear ...

Substance use disorders affect a substantial portion of American society and its workforce. The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) 2021 national survey results report ...

Individuals with a long history of regular substance use tend to be inconsistent in how they use information about negative ...

Credit: Getty Images. Health care workers biases, unconscious or conscious, can influence clinical judgement and affect the decision-making process—particularly in emergency departments. Although ...

The calls to invoke civil involuntary commitment laws for people with Substance Use Disorders (SUDs) are getting louder in communities with a marked increase of overdose deaths. In the past year, ...

"For young adults with ADHD and substance-use disorder, appropriate treatment for ADHD could potentially save lives," said Raman Baweja, professor of psychiatry and behavioral health and of public ...

The population of aging patients with substance use disorder (SUD) requiring care in nursing facilities is growing, yet these facilities are not sufficiently prepared to provide evidence-based ...