It can also range from mild to severe. Substance use disorder, formerly known as “drug abuse,” develops when substance use interferes with the ability to function day to day. Substance use ...

Substance use disorder recovery programs aren’t just for adults- we’re seeing teens and pre-teens with struggling with ...

For years, people taking Ozempic or other drugs in the same class for diabetes and weight loss have noticed the medicines don ...

Substance abuse and behavioral disorder counselors provide treatment and support for those struggling with an addiction to drugs or alcohol, or for those burdened by an eating disorder or a ...

The Illinois Department of Human Services divisions overseeing mental health and substance abuse would be consolidated under ...

Results of a placebo-controlled trial support prior observational findings that GLP-1 agonists can help reduce alcohol ...

Novo Nordisk’s blockbuster GLP-1 diabetes drug Ozempic led to improvements in some measures of alcohol use disorder in a ...

The data, published in JAMA Psychiatry, add to the growing body of evidence supporting the use of GLP-1 receptor agonists for ...

Although the prevalence of substance use disorder increased during the COVID-19 pandemic, the receipt of treatment declined ...

“The bill also removes stigmatizing language in multiple areas of law by replacing `an addict or a habitual user of any narcotic drug’ with ‘a person with a substance use disorder,'” a ...

The "parity" rule, which became final in September, was aimed at ensuring that group health plans provide access to benefits for mental health and substance abuse disorders on a par with benefits ...

The states and districts that pay Substance Abuse and Behavioral Disorder Counselors the highest mean salary are Alaska ($77,430), Utah ($70,310), District of Columbia ($67,750), New Jersey ($ ...