Dr. Kemmel A. Palmer has a PhD in Counselor Education and Supervision from Western Michigan University. His professional interests include clinical supervision, career development, and culturally ...

It is believed 16 is the pivotal year for adolescents, who face increasing peer pressure to experiment with drugs and alcohol.

Why are opioids so addictive? What makes opioid drugs so lethal? Is rehab effective for opioid addiction? From the frontlines of the nation’s opioid epidemic, psychiatrist Marvin D. Seppala, MD, joins ...

Center City, Minn. (May 1, 2024) – The nonprofit Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation, the nation's leading force of healing and hope for people impacted by substance use and mental health conditions, today ...

Get the facts about methamphetamine, the powerfully addictive street drug made from combinations of unspecified dangerous chemicals. Methamphetamine is inexpensive, illegal and goes by names like ...

People in active addiction to alcohol and drugs use despite the harmful physical effects. Marvin D. Seppala, MD, joins host William C. Moyers to discuss the disease of addiction and the role of ...

Alcoholics take very seriously reports of experience. They have heard and believe that when an alcoholic starts to drink after many years of continuous abstinence the pattern of drinking reverts very ...

The ability to manage our emotional responses is a skill that can be improved with practice. We're not born with the ability to regulate our emotions. (Case in point: Have you ever witnessed a toddler ...

"Life became this delicate balance of using different chemicals to try and offset the side effects of the chemical before it." A: I started using at a young age, thinking prescription pills were ...

On set, Dedee Pfeiffer hears from other actors, crewmates and directors who are inspired by her forwardness—fearless in her pursuit of love and light and publicly accepting her disease of addiction.

In championing transformational growth, innovation and collaboration, Mark G. Mishek has positioned the Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation like no other organization in the world to effectively address ...

Children who experience the trauma of parental addiction tend to blame themselves for what's happening. But caregivers and educators can help kids understand the truth: addiction is an illness that ...