Types of drug addiction include alcohol, opioids, sedatives, stimulants, and tobacco. Substance abuse in the United States is one of the leading health conditions impacting millions of lives. Since ...

25% of Americans (70 million people) admitted they use illicit drugs, according to the most recent National Survey on Drug Use. 48.7 million people nationwide struggle with substance abuse according ...

When people don’t receive support, they tend to go back to what they knew,” Tom Denk, who was released from state prison in ...

The UAB Division of Substance Abuse offers comprehensive, evidence-based treatment for substance use disorders through programs like Beacon Recovery, Beacon Integrated Healthcare, and the Beacon ACT ...

According to DSM-5, dissociation refers to the “splitting off of clusters of mental contents from conscious awareness.” An everyday example is daydreaming, or the experience of being so absorbed in a ...

Substance use disorders are highly variable among cancer patient populations, and new research points to five cancers with the highest prevalence of SUDs, according to a study published Jan. 11 in ...

Exercise might help people who are battling addiction stay on the straight and narrow, a new research review finds. Investigators who analyzed 43 studies from around the world found a link between ...

The Illinois Department of Human Services departments tasked with mental health and substance use would be combined under an executive order from Gov. JB Pritzker, his office announced Friday. The ...