The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has begun laying off thousands of employees as part of a significant restructuring effort.Thousands of federal health employees, including doctors, ...

Clara Martin Center’s IPS-supported employment program helps Vermonters with mental health or substance use challenges return to meaningful work by integrating clinical care, partnering with local ...

When a person has both a mental illness and a substance use disorder, it is called co-occurring disorders. These health problems often affect each other, making it complicated to diagnose, treat, and ...

Substance use disorder is defined in the DSM-5-TR. It includes alcohol, stimulants, opioids, sedatives, cannabis, and tobacco, among others. Substance use disorder is a treatable, chronic condition in ...

Struggling with a substance use disorder is never easy, and is even more difficult to overcome without substantial help from others. One reason substance use can be so challenging is that many people ...

This week, Mad in America examines three studies around mental health diagnosis, psychotropic drug use, obesity, and diabetes ...

The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) recognizes Substance Use Prevention Month every October to increase public awareness of the dangers of substance use and its ...

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 ...

Winnebago County awarded up to $1.6M in grassroots funding to local groups expanding mental health services for underserved ...

San Diego County did well in California’s second-round allocation of Proposition 1 funds earmarked for mental health care and substance use treatment infrastructure, with three proposals receiving a ...

Statewide outpatient clinics and telehealth programs expand access to integrated addiction and behavioral health care.