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 ...

The holidays can be a challenging time for people in recovery from substance use disorder, but one Kansas City-area organization is working to restore the joy of the season.

Polysubstance use disorder is a mental health condition in which someone uses more than one substance at the same time or within a short period of time, despite a pattern of negative effects.

A new study found one in four U.S. children has a parent with a substance use disorder, a dramatic increase from years past A large portion of parents' disorders are considered moderate to severe The ...

Multiple studies have linked having schizophrenia with an increased risk of violent crime, specifically those also with ...

Ty Schepis receives funding from the US National Institutes of Health (NIH)/National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and the US Substance Abuse and Mental ...

A staggering 19 million U.S. children were estimated to be living in a household with at least one parent battling a substance use disorder (SUD) in 2023, according to a new study based on data from ...

The co-occurrence of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and substance use disorder (SUD) presents a complex challenge in psychiatric care. Individually ...

At least half of everyone with eating disorders abuses alcohol or illicit drugs, five times more than people without eating disorders. Conversely, more than a third (35 percent) with substance use ...

Nearly 19 million children in the United States have at least one parent with a substance use disorder, according to a new study published Monday in JAMA Pediatrics. And a significant number of those ...

State and federal actions to address substance use disorders (SUD) have begun to show progress. The provisional number of drug overdose deaths plummeted by nearly 24 percent from 2023 to 2024 and is ...

Lev Facher covers the U.S. addiction and overdose crisis. Americans are binge drinking and smoking tobacco less but consuming marijuana significantly more, according to a new federal survey on drug ...