The White House issued an executive order Jan. 29 to address substance use and addiction. The order establishes the White House Great American Recovery Initiative, a federal effort tasked with ...

One in four U.S. adolescents is exposed to violence in their neighborhood, and those teens are more than twice as likely to ...

University of Texas at Arlington Professor Dana Litt contributed to a study led by Alex Russell, assistant professor at Harvard Medical School, that found many parents turn to online peer advice when ...

January is Substance Use Disorder Treatment Month, which is designed to raise awareness about those suffering with substance ...

President Trump signed an executive order Thursday to coordinate a federal government response to drug addiction.

A network analysis reveals that individuals who co-use alcohol and cannabis face higher symptom severity across all mental health domains than those who use only alcohol.

According to the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, nearly 48.4 million Americans experienced a substance use disorder in the past year.

A vast majority of American adults say they have consumed alcohol at some point — yet experts warn that alcoholic beverages could be a "gateway drug" to more harmful substances. More than 84% of ...

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 ...

Members of a newly formed coalition aimed at preventing substance use and suicide met Thursday to begin shaping the group's identity.

The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) recognizes Substance Use Prevention Month every October to increase public awareness of the dangers of substance use and its ...

Alcohol use disorder (AUD) is one of the leading causes of preventable death in the United States and worldwide, and leads to substantial disease and medical complications. While treatments are ...