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In Germany, about 3 million children live with at least one parent with substance use disorder (SUD). Those parents face multiple challenges in daily life that concurrently affect their children. The inpatient stay of…
Diagnosing substance-use disorder can be difficult because of patient denial related to the stigma attached to addiction.
Background Internationally, substance use recovery and healing is increasingly the focus of health and public policy and practice. Yet, what constitutes recovery and healing, and how it is understood and enacted among…
Opioid agonist treatment (OAT) is an evidence-based intervention that reduces harms associated with heroin use. Ambulance services often serve as the first point of contact for people experiencing these acute harms. OAT…
Non-medical ketamine use is becoming increasingly common in the United States (US), but awareness remains limited among US healthcare providers. Here we present the case of a young woman who developed severe ketamine use…
Incarcerated individuals with substance use disorders face a high risk of relapse in the absence of structured, motivational, and context-adapted interventions. This study examined changes associated with the…
This study is original in that it identified the care trajectories of patients with substance-related disorders (SRDs) over a 9-year period, and associated these trajectories with the patients’ sociodemographic and…
Approach Bias Modification (ApBM) is a recommended adjunctive intervention during residential treatment for Alcohol Use Disorder (AUD), and there are also promising findings for ApBM as an adjunctive intervention for…
Comparative risk assessments (CRAs) provide important information for shaping alcohol control policies. Underlying their CRAs, the WHO uses a standardised methodology to assess and detail the levels of alcohol use for…
Engaging parents in substance and alcohol use prevention programs could play a key role in delaying the onset of use among adolescents. This research analyzes parents’ perceptions of substance use prevention programs…
Although perinatal substance use disorders (PSUDs) are increasingly prevalent among pregnant and postpartum (PPP) individuals, there is limited understanding of physicians’ perspectives on training needs and gaps in PSUD…
One of the principal components of substance use treatment is the assessment of craving, as it is highly associated with relapse after treatment. The Cocaine Craving Questionnaire-Brief (CCQ-Brief) has emerged as a…
Cannabis-based medicines have been widely promoted as a potential answer for people living with chronic nerve pain—but a major new review finds the evidence just isn’t there yet. After analyzing more than 20 clinical…
Health Minister Josie Osborne announced on Wednesday that the controversial trial project would end on Jan. 31, admitting it hadn't achieved the results the government had wanted.
My mother is a slot-machine whisperer. When I was in college, I’d tag along with her to the casino boat. Too cheap to wager ...
The Trump administration has reversed cuts to grants for mental health and addiction treatment programs that were valued at ...
The sister of a man who died by suicide after black market betting sites "deliberately lured him in" has called for the Gambling ...
RENO, Nev. (KOLO) - January is National Substance Use Disorder Treatment Awareness Month. According to the Substance Abuse and ...
Kayshon Boutte hasn't let trade rumors bother him. There has been a heightened level of respect for Patriots wide receiver ...
Addictive disorders are a group of disorders that can cause physical and psychological damage. Receiving treatment is essential ...
Lev’s reporting has explored Americans’ deadly hostility to addiction medications, subpar treatment offered in jails and ...
Gambling is no longer confined to neon casino strips or smoky betting shops, it now lives in our phones, on our couches and in ...
BETHESDA, Md., Dec. 17, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Addiction Policy Forum today released a spotlight of impactful addiction studies ...
A new study shows that in 2023, substance use disorders led to nearly $93 billion in lost productivity in the United States from ...
Researchers have solved the decades-old mystery behind how a common pregnancy drug lowers blood pressure. It turns out the medication blocks a fast-acting “oxygen alarm” inside cells. That same alarm helps brain tumors…
"It was a seaside holiday at Largs in Scotland, the one-armed bandit fruit machine was broken and the coins poured out.
Scientists discovered that alcohol activates a sugar-producing pathway in the body, creating fructose that may reinforce addictive drinking. The enzyme responsible, KHK, appears to drive both alcohol cravings and liver…
Researchers developed a new nano-micelle formulation, CBD-IN, that finally gets CBD into the brain effectively. In mice, it relieved neuropathic pain quickly and didn’t cause the usual movement or memory side effects…
(NewsNation) — GLP-1 medications have grown popular in recent years for weight loss, but one doctor has found another use ...
Scientists found that people who use both cannabis and tobacco show a distinct brain pattern tied to mood and stress regulation. Their scans revealed higher levels of an enzyme that reduces a natural feel-good molecule…
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