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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Project BEST at UNO expands intensive coursework and supervision pathways to increase Nebraska’s addiction counseling ...

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, ...

When you’re dealing with both a mental health condition and an addiction at the same time, things can feel overwhelming fast.

Substance dependence disorder can affect anyone, but recovery is achievable with professional, effective, and affordable ...

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 ...

Medicare essentially covers the least and most intensive services—office-based outpatient counseling and inpatient hospitalizations—for substance use disorder treatment, leaving beneficiaries who need ...