The main goal when determining the level of care is to match the intensity of the treatment to the severity of the addiction.

Author Joey McCollum shares how five simple words helped him break free from addiction and reclaim identity, purpose, ...

My previous posts have focused on recognizing and preventing excessive substance use, with an emphasis on providing the latest information about my special interest – cannabis (see 20 Questions to ...

According to the Department of Drug and Alcohol Programs, children need simple ways to understand substance use disorder and ...

These books are indispensable if you love an addict. More than 19 million people struggle with addiction, according to the National Survey on Drug Use and Health. While knowing that you're not alone, ...

Five days a week, for almost seven hours a day, children spend their time learning, playing, and interacting with others at ...

The majority of people Liz Wetmore and the team see at Huntsman Mental Health Institute's Addiction Recovery Services are self-referred, an important part of addiction recovery. Wetmore, a Licensed ...

Ms. Szalavitz is a contributing Opinion writer who covers addiction and public policy. Not long ago, Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s history of heroin addiction alone would likely have disqualified him from ...

The U.S. faces an unprecedented surge of drug deaths, with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reporting another grim milestone this week. In a single 12-month period, fatal overdoses ...